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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 and Management
Which laboratory tests should we order in persons with first-episode psychosis?
Order an MRI of the brain in first-episode psychosis?
How can we know that a patient’s psychotic symptoms may be substance- or medication-induced?
Monitor carefully even AFTER substance/medication-induced psychosis subsides
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Does estrogen have a role in schizophrenia
Estrogen as a treatment for schizophrenia?
Resources
Practice guidelines for schizophrenia
The APA Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients with Schizophrenia, Third Edition
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