Brief Psychotic Disorder - Brief Psychotic Disorder Symptom, Cause, Treatment

There are three basic forms of brief psychotic disorder:

1. Brief psychotic disorder with obvious stressor: This type, also called brief reactive psychosis, occurs shortly after and often in response to a trauma or major stress, such as the death of a love one, an accident or assault, or a natural disaster. Most cases of brief psychotic disorder occur as a reaction to a very disturbing event.
2. Brief psychotic disorder without obvious stressor: With this type, there is no apparent trauma or stress that triggers the illness.
3. Brief psychotic disorder with postpartum onset: This type occurs in women, usually within 4 weeks of having a baby. Brief psychotic disorder is not a simple or consistent disorder with a single cause.

Symptoms of Brief Psychotic Disorder

• Changes in eating or sleeping habits, energy level, or weight
• Confusion
• Inability to make decisions
• Hallucinations
• Delusions
• Ideas that do not connect or make sense
• Repetitive actions
• Hours of immobility
• Strange statements and behavior

Other symptoms of brief psychotic disorder include:

• Disorganized thinking
• Speech or language that doesn't make sense
• Unusual behavior and dress
• Problems with memory
• Disorientation or confusion
• Changes in eating or sleeping habits, energy level, or weight
• Inability to make decisions

Causes of Brief Psychotic Disorder

• EARLY PHASE OF SCHIZOPHRENIA
• STRESS
• POSTPARTUM PSYCHOSIS
• DEFENSE MECHANISM IN PERSONALITY DISORDER
• CULTURALLY DEFINED DISORDER

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