Letter to the Editor: Comparison of cognitive functions, pre-morbid conditions and clinical characteristics between brief psychotic disorder and schizophrenia

• Published in: Psychological medicine Vol. 46; no. 9; pp. 2011 - 2013
• Main Authors: Lee, E H M, Hui, C L M, Chang, W C, Chan, S K W, Lin, J, Chen, E Y H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Cambridge University Press 01.07.2016
• Subjects: Age; Cognitive ability; Cognitive functioning; Family medical history; Mental disorders; Patients; Psychiatry; Psychosis; Schizophrenia; Studies; Hong Kong China; United States > US; China
• ISSN: 0033-2917; 1469-8978
• DOI: 10.1017/S0033291716000623

(ProQuest: ... denotes formulae and/or non-US-ASCII text omitted; see image) Correspondence Brief psychotic disorder (BPD) and acute and transient psychotic disorder (ATPD) are two related but different concepts used to define psychotic disorders with acute onset and early remission by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition (DSM-5) and the International Classification of Diseases, tenth edition (ICD-10), correspondingly (Gaebel & Reed, 2012). The present study was designed to compare the pre-morbid condition, cognitive function, and demographic and clinical characteristics between patients with BPD and patients with schizophrenia in a prospective study with an out-patient sample. Diagnosis was made according to DSM-IV criteria and reconfirmed at 6 months following the first episode by two experienced psychiatrists based on a best-estimate consensus using all available information, including the validated Chinese version of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (So et al. 2003), medical records, history from informants, and case workers of the JCEP Project. [...]to some previous findings in ATPD, we found no significant difference in gender ratio, marital status, family history of mental illness and presence of life events between patients with BPD and schizophrenia (Castagnini & Berrios, 2009).