Short course
9.3
Psychoses
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| Assessment
| Patients thought to be suffering a first episode of psychotic illness need a detailed psychiatric and physical (especially neurological) examination. |
| | Consider the possibility of medically related (see 9.4) or substance-induced psychotic disorders. These are rare causes of psychosis, but they require quite different treatment.
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| | Appropriate medical investigations are listed in 9.5.
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| | Prodromal symptoms are described in 9.6.
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| Delays in the detection and treatment of first episode psychoses are associated with slower and less complete recoveries.
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