Brief psychotic disorder

Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, 5th edition, Text revision (DSM-V-TR)[1]American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, 5th ed. Text revision. (DSM-5-TR). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association; 2022.

Psychotic symptom(s)

• The presence of one or more of the following psychotic symptoms: delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, or grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior (with at least one of the following symptoms present: delusions, hallucinations or disorganized speech).

Duration of episode

• For at least 1 day, but <1 month, before a full return to premorbid level of functioning.

No better accounted for by other conditions

• The disturbance must not be better accounted for by either a general medical condition, the direct physiologic effects of a substance (drug use or medication), a mood disorder with psychotic features, schizoaffective disorder, or schizophrenia.