Summary
Definition
History and exam
Key diagnostic factors
- sintomas positivos
- sintomas negativos
- distúrbios de percepção
- delírios
- perturbações nas emoções
- afeto incongruente
- distúrbios de fluxo e forma de pensamento
- anormalidades cognitivas
- sintomas deficitários
- episódios depressivos maiores
- episódios maníacos
Other diagnostic factors
- deficit neurológico
- história familiar
- comprometimento funcional
- distúrbios de comportamento
Risk factors
- história familiar de esquizofrenia
- uso de substâncias
- idade do pai no nascimento do paciente
- estresse psicológico
- ambiente
Diagnostic investigations
1st investigations to order
- exame de urina para detecção de drogas
- rastreamento de infecções sexualmente transmissíveis
- hemograma completo
- testes da função tireoidiana
Investigations to consider
- exames laboratoriais para excluir causas orgânicas
- tomografia computadorizada/ressonância nuclear magnética (TC/RNM) de crânio
- eletroencefalograma (EEG)
Treatment algorithm
episódio psicótico agudo
transtorno de episódios múltiplos
Contributors
Authors
Adrian Preda, MD

Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
University of California, Irvine School of Medicine
Irvine
CA
Disclosures
AP was paid for consultancy work for GLG and Guidepoint.
Robert G. Bota, MD

Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
University of California
Irvine
CA
Disclosures
RGB declares that he has no competing interests.
Acknowledgements
Dr Adrian Preda and Dr Robert G. Bota would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Bao-Nhan Benjamin Nguyen, who contributed to the updating of this topic.
Disclosures
BN declares that he has no competing interests.
Peer reviewers
Kemal Sagduyu, MD
Professor of Psychiatry
University of Missouri Kansas City
Kansas City
MO
Disclosures
KS declares that he has no competing interests.
William T. Regenold, MDCM
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore
MD
Disclosures
WTR declares that he has no competing interests.
Differentials
- Esquizofrenia
- Transtorno psicótico induzido por substâncias
- Demência com psicose
More DifferentialsGuidelines
- International statistical classification of diseases and related health problems, 11th revision (ICD-11)
- Diagnostic and statistical manual, 5th edition, text revision (DSM-5-TR)
More GuidelinesPatient information
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