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Schizophrenia-Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders (Main Menu)

Below are links to the MANY articles on this website about SCHIZOPHRENIA-SPECTRUM AND OTHER PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS.

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Clinical features

The terms “blunted affect” and “flat affect” are often used inappropriately

Does the patient have “true” hallucinations or pseudohallucinations?

What to ask and say to patients who “hear voices”


Evaluation

Which laboratory tests should we order in persons with first-episode psychosis?

Order an MRI of brain in first-episode psychosis?


Resources

The APA Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients with Schizophrenia, Third Edition 

Practice guidelines for schizophrenia


Miscellaneous articles

Does estrogen have a role in schizophrenia

Estrogen as a treatment for schizophrenia?


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