Diagnosis and Early Management of Acute Psychosis

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THE term "acute psychosis" denotes a group of medical disorders characterized by a diminished and distorted capacity to process information. In some cases the cause is a recognized physiologic abnormality of brain function. Such cases may be called "delirium" or "acute brain syndrome" and are typically associated with fluctuating levels of consciousness, disorientation, and recent memory deficit.1 In other cases the cause is unknown. The defect in information processing is present, but the abnormality in brain physiology cannot be identified by currently available means. These cases are generally called "acute functional psychosis," or more specifically "acute schizophrenia" or "acute mania," . . .

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