acute schizophrenia

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acute schizophrenia,

a disorder consisting of various degrees of psychosis, characterized by the sudden onset of personality disorganization. Symptoms include disturbances in thought, mood, and behavior. Positive symptoms include delusions, which may be bizarre in nature; hallucinations, especially auditory; disorganized speech; inappropriate affect; and disorganized behavior. Negative symptoms include flat affect, lack of volition, alogia, and anhedonia. Episodes appear suddenly in persons whose previous behavior has been relatively normal and are usually of short duration. Recurrent episodes are common, and in some instances a more chronic type of the disorder may develop. See also schizoaffective disorder, schizophrenia, schizophreniform disorder.

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chlorpromazine hydrochloride chronic undifferentiated schizophrenia			He developed a controversial treatment for acute schizophrenia based on the principles of respect, shelter, sound nutrition, appropriate medication, and the administration of large doses of certain water-soluble vitamins, in the process carrying out among the first controlled clinical trials in psychiatry. In memoriam: Abram Hoffer, MD, PhD by Hoffer, John / Townsend Letter Weiden and his colleagues found iloperidone to be just as effective as ziprasidone (Geodon) for the short-term treatment of acute schizophrenia. FDA reverses course, approves iloperidone by Ault, Alicia / Clinical Psychiatry News There is limited evidence that REM intrusions are directly related to psychotic symptoms associated with acute schizophrenia or mania. A case study of insomnia--more than meets the eye by Bresch, David; Barnhill, Jarrett / Mental Health Aspects of Developmental Disabilities			acute phase response acute pleurisy acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis Acute prescribing acute primary myocarditis acute promyelocytic leukemia acute prostatitis acute psychosis acute pulmonary alveolitis acute pulmonary coccidioidomycosis acute pulmonary eosinophilia acute pulmonary histoplasmosis acute pyelonephritis acute pyogenic arthritis acute radial nerve palsy acute radiation exposure Acute Radiation Injury Syndrome acute rejection acute renal failure acute respiratory distress syndrome acute respiratory failure acute retinal necrosis Acute retroviral syndrome acute rheumatic arthritis acute rhinitis acute schizophrenia acute secondary myocarditis acute self-limited colitis acute septic arthritis acute septic myocarditis acute silicoproteinosis acute situational reaction acute skin failure acute somatic dysfunction acute spinal injury acute stress disorder acute stroke acute suppurative arthritis acute suppurative sinusitis Acute Thespian Syndrome acute tonsillitis acute toxicity acute transverse myelitis acute trypanosomiasis acute tuberculosis acute tubular necrosis acute tubulointerstitial nephritis acute urethral syndrome acute urinary tract infection acute vascular occlusion acute vulvar ulcer			Acute Respiratory Failure Acute Respiratory Failure Acute Respiratory Illness Acute respiratory infection Acute respiratory infection Acute respiratory infection Acute respiratory infection Acute Respiratory Insufficiency Acute Respiratory Tract Disease Acute Respiratory Viral Infection Acute Respiratory Virus Diseases Acute Retinal Necrosis Acute Retinal Necrosis acute retinal necrosis syndrome acute retinal necrosis syndrome acute retinal necrosis syndrome Acute retroviral syndrome Acute Reversible Intrinsic Renal Failure acute rheumatic arthritis acute rheumatic arthritis acute rheumatic arthritis Acute Rheumatic Fever Acute Rheumatic Fever Acute Rheumatic Fever Acute Rheumatic Fever acute rhinitis acute rhinitis acute rhinitis Acute Right Ventricular Infarction Acute Right-Ventricular Myocardial Infarction acute schizophrenia acute schizophrenic episode acute secondary myocarditis Acute Segmental Obstructing Enteritis acute self-limited colitis Acute Self-Limiting Ataxic Neuropathy Acute Self-Limiting Colitis acute septic arthritis acute septic myocarditis acute serous labyrinthitis acute serous labyrinthitis acute serous labyrinthitis Acute Services Current Awareness Service acute silicoproteinosis Acute sinusitis Acute sinusitis Acute sinusitis Acute sinusitis acute situational reaction acute situational reaction acute situational reaction acute situational reaction acute skin failure acute somatic dysfunction Acute Spinal Cord Ischemia Syndrome Acute Spinal Extradural Haematoma acute spinal injury Acute Spinal Subdural Hematoma Acute Spontaneous Nasal Reflux :-) Acute Spontaneous Tumor-Lysis acute stress disorder

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