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Jramos095

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on: Jul 19, 2018
A woman who delivered a healthy infant three 3 weeks ago is experiencing auditory hallucinations and has not changed her clothes or taken a shower in a week and expresses no interest in her infant.
 
  After a short inpatient stay, her symptoms improve and she is back to caring for her herself and her infant. What disorder is this indicative of? a. Paranoid schizophrenia
  b. Dual diagnosis
  c. Schizotypal
  d. Brief psychotic disorder

Question 2

In the past, disorders that were emotionally related to physical problems were called __________ illnesses.
 
  Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


juwms

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Reply #1 on: Jul 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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A brief psychotic disorder is a psychotic disturbance that lasts for more than 1 day but less than 1 month. The individual has delusions, hallucinations, impaired functioning and speech, and disorganized behavior. They eventually return to their normal state. The episode may have been triggered by stressors or having given birth recently (1 to 4 weeks).

Answer to Question 2

psychosomatic
This term is still used by many laypersons. The more recent term is psychophysical disorders.


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