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Transient psychotic episodes

MedGen UID:
11010
•Concept ID:
C0033958
•
Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
Synonyms: Brief Reactive Psychoses; Brief Reactive Psychosis; Psychoses, Brief Reactive; Psychosis, Brief Reactive; Reactive Psychoses, Brief; Reactive Psychosis, Brief
SNOMED CT: Brief reactive psychosis (5464005); Brief psychotic disorder (5464005)
 
HPO: HP:0006932

Definition

Relatively short-lived periods of psychosis are characterized by the sudden onset of severe disturbances in perception, thinking, and behavior. These episodes typically last for a brief duration, generally ranging from a few days to a few weeks, and are often triggered by a significant stressor or traumatic event. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVTransient psychotic episodes

Conditions with this feature

Kifafa seizure disorder
MedGen UID:
208655
•Concept ID:
C0796010
•
Disease or Syndrome
A convulsive seizure disorder observed in an isolated tribe in the interior of Tanzania. It is a chronic degenerative disorder of the central nervous system associated with seizures and other neurological complications, characteristic facies, psychomotor retardation, and pachyderma. Kifafa is a Swahili word meaning ""being half-dead and rigid.""
See: Condition Record
Kifafa seizure disorder

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Psychopharmacologic management of suicidality in personality disorders.
Cardish RJ
Can J Psychiatry 2007 Jun;52(6 Suppl 1):115S-127S. PMID: 17824357
Risk assessment of ritual use of oral dimethyltryptamine (DMT) and harmala alkaloids.
Gable RS
Addiction 2007 Jan;102(1):24-34. doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2006.01652.x. PMID: 17207120

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Neurocognitive functioning in schizophrenia and during the early phases of psychosis: targeting cognitive remediation interventions.
Zaytseva Y, Korsakova N, Agius M, Gurovich I
Biomed Res Int 2013;2013:819587. Epub 2013 Sep 5 doi: 10.1155/2013/819587. PMID: 24089689Free PMC Article
Transient psychosis in anorexia nervosa: review and case report.
Sarró S
Eat Weight Disord 2009 Jun-Sep;14(2-3):e139-43. doi: 10.1007/BF03327812. PMID: 19934628
Risk assessment of ritual use of oral dimethyltryptamine (DMT) and harmala alkaloids.
Gable RS
Addiction 2007 Jan;102(1):24-34. doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2006.01652.x. PMID: 17207120
The psychological and psychiatric effects of rIL-2 therapy: a controlled clinical trial.
Walker LG, Walker MB, Heys SD, Lolley J, Wesnes K, Eremin O
Psychooncology 1997 Dec;6(4):290-301. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1611(199712)6:4<290::AID-PON283>3.0.CO;2-G. PMID: 9451748
Psychoses associated with marijuana use in Thailand.
Kroll P
J Nerv Ment Dis 1975 Sep;161(3):149-56. doi: 10.1097/00005053-197509000-00001. PMID: 1176971

Diagnosis

Can antibiotics cause a psychosis?: Case report and review of the literature.
Ly D, DeLisi LE
Schizophr Res 2017 Nov;189:204-207. Epub 2017 Feb 6 doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2017.01.041. PMID: 28185785
Religion and psychosis: the effects of the Welsh religious revival in 1904-1905.
Linden SC, Harris M, Whitaker C, Healy D
Psychol Med 2010 Aug;40(8):1317-23. Epub 2009 Nov 17 doi: 10.1017/S0033291709991917. PMID: 19917147
Transient psychosis in anorexia nervosa: review and case report.
Sarró S
Eat Weight Disord 2009 Jun-Sep;14(2-3):e139-43. doi: 10.1007/BF03327812. PMID: 19934628
Spousal allegations of incest during transient psychotic episodes.
Remington GJ, Rosenblat H
Br J Psychiatry 1991 Aug;159:287-8. doi: 10.1192/bjp.159.2.287. PMID: 1773251
Transient ictal psychosis.
Wells CE
Arch Gen Psychiatry 1975 Sep;32(9):1201-3. doi: 10.1001/archpsyc.1975.01760270133019. PMID: 1180671

Therapy

Can antibiotics cause a psychosis?: Case report and review of the literature.
Ly D, DeLisi LE
Schizophr Res 2017 Nov;189:204-207. Epub 2017 Feb 6 doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2017.01.041. PMID: 28185785
Transient psychosis in anorexia nervosa: review and case report.
Sarró S
Eat Weight Disord 2009 Jun-Sep;14(2-3):e139-43. doi: 10.1007/BF03327812. PMID: 19934628
Risk assessment of ritual use of oral dimethyltryptamine (DMT) and harmala alkaloids.
Gable RS
Addiction 2007 Jan;102(1):24-34. doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2006.01652.x. PMID: 17207120
Antipsychotic medications can induce transient psychotic episodes without oculogyric crises.
Abe K
J Nerv Ment Dis 2004 Feb;192(2):164-6. doi: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000110243.36717.10. PMID: 14770062
Psychoses associated with marijuana use in Thailand.
Kroll P
J Nerv Ment Dis 1975 Sep;161(3):149-56. doi: 10.1097/00005053-197509000-00001. PMID: 1176971

Prognosis

Neurocognitive functioning in schizophrenia and during the early phases of psychosis: targeting cognitive remediation interventions.
Zaytseva Y, Korsakova N, Agius M, Gurovich I
Biomed Res Int 2013;2013:819587. Epub 2013 Sep 5 doi: 10.1155/2013/819587. PMID: 24089689Free PMC Article
Religion and psychosis: the effects of the Welsh religious revival in 1904-1905.
Linden SC, Harris M, Whitaker C, Healy D
Psychol Med 2010 Aug;40(8):1317-23. Epub 2009 Nov 17 doi: 10.1017/S0033291709991917. PMID: 19917147
Transient psychosis in anorexia nervosa: review and case report.
Sarró S
Eat Weight Disord 2009 Jun-Sep;14(2-3):e139-43. doi: 10.1007/BF03327812. PMID: 19934628

Clinical prediction guides

An antineuronal antibody cross-reacting with erythrocytes and lymphocytes in systemic lupus erythematosus.
Bresnihan B, Oliver M, Williams B, Hughes GR
Arthritis Rheum 1979 Apr;22(4):313-20. doi: 10.1002/art.1780220401. PMID: 371627
Transient ictal psychosis.
Wells CE
Arch Gen Psychiatry 1975 Sep;32(9):1201-3. doi: 10.1001/archpsyc.1975.01760270133019. PMID: 1180671

Recent systematic reviews

Psychopharmacologic management of suicidality in personality disorders.
Cardish RJ
Can J Psychiatry 2007 Jun;52(6 Suppl 1):115S-127S. PMID: 17824357

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