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medication-induced psychotic disorder [1 record]

Record 1 2016-10-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychoses
  • Medication
  • Clinical Psychology
CONT

The essential features of substance/medication-induced psychotic disorder are prominent delusions and/or hallucinations (criterion A) that are judged to be due to the physiological effects of a substance/medication (i.e., drug of abuse, a medication, or a toxin exposure) (criterion B).

OBS

The name of the ... medication-induced psychotic disorder [often] begins with the specific [medication] (e.g., ... dexamethasone) that is presumed to be causing the delusions or hallucinations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychoses
  • Médicaments
  • Psychologie clinique
CONT

Les caractéristiques essentielles du trouble psychotique induit par une substance/un médicament sont la présence au premier plan d'idées délirantes et/ou d'hallucinations (critère A) dont on juge qu'elles sont la conséquence des effets physiologiques d'une substance/d'un médicament (c.-à-d. l'abus d'une substance, la prise d'un médicament ou l'exposition à un toxique) (critère B).

OBS

[Souvent, le] nom du trouble psychotique induit par [...] un médicament commence par [le médicament] spécifique (p. ex. [...] dexaméthasone) que l'on présume être à l'origine des idées délirantes ou des hallucinations.

Spanish

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