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Preferred term
schizophrenia and disorders with psychotic features
Definition
- Psychosis, a serious mental illness characterized by problems with interpreting reality and associated with delusions or hallucinations, occurs in a variety of conditions among older adults, including “primary” syndromes (e.g., schizophrenia, delusional disorder) and “secondary” syndromes (e.g., psychosis of Alzheimer's disease). The prototypical example of a chronic primary psychotic disorder is schizophrenia. [Source: Encyclopedia of Health & Aging; Schizophrenia, Paranoia, and Delusional Disorders]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/schizophrenia_and_disorders_with_psychotic_features
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