According to the Finnish Current Care Guidelines relating to the treatment of memory disorders, the use of antipsychotics should be limited to a short - term treatment of
severe psychotic symptoms, agitation and aggression.
Not exact matches
A homotypic pattern consisted of affective or mood - associated
symptoms that are related to, but fall short of, standard diagnostic criteria for BD: for example, mood swings, relatively mild
symptoms of excitement, or major depression, sometimes
severe and with
psychotic symptoms.
This illness is usually associated with
severe and persistent
psychotic symptoms and there is increased brain loss (in gray matter).
Whereas schizophrenia is characterized primarily by
psychotic symptoms, people with schizoaffective disorder have to cope not only with psychosis but also with overlapping periods of
severe mood
symptoms.
According to clinical judgement, participants were excluded if they suffered from
severe depression (≥ 7 criteria, including main
symptoms),
severe anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder,
severe psychiatric and
psychotic conditions, substance abuse, suicidal ideation or if they exhibited low - German language and / or computer skills.
Self - reported attenuated
psychotic symptoms as forerunners of
severe mental disorders later in life