Schizophrenia

Lauren Elizabeth Kwan, Doctor of Medicine and Jeffrey Stovall, MD Reviewed 05/2023

BASICS

A severe and persistent mental illness characterized by delusions, hallucinations, disorganization of thought and behavior, cognitive dysfunction, and impairment in reality testing

DESCRIPTION

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DIAGNOSIS

Focus on identifying an insidious social and functional decline over a ≥ 6-month period (differentiates schizophrenia from brief psychotic and schizophreniform disorders).

HISTORY

At least 2 ...

TREATMENT

GENERAL MEASURES

Pharmacological treatments are the mainstay of the treatment.
If accessible, psychosocial intervention and rehabilitative therapies can help with successful community function...

ONGOING CARE

FOLLOW-UP RECOMMENDATIONS

Monitoring is based on evaluation of symptoms (including safety and psychotic symptoms), looking for the emergence of comorbidities, medication side effects, and ...

REFERENCES

Murrie B, Lappin J, Large M. Transition of substance-induced, brief, and atypical psychoses to schizophrenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 2020;46(3):505-...

CODES

ICD10

F20.3 Undifferentiated schizophrenia
F20.5 Residual schizophrenia
F20.2 Catatonic schizophrenia
F20.81 Schizophreniform disorder
F20.9 Schizophrenia, unspecified
F20.1 Disorganized schizophrenia
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CLINICAL PEARLS

Schizophrenia is a severe and persistent mental illness that impacts cognition and functioning and requires a multidisciplinary team approach to assist with coping, treatment, and to p...

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