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Psychotic Disorders
People with schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders lose touch with reality and experience a range of symptoms that may include hallucinations, delusions, disorganized thinking and speech, and disorganized or abnormal behavior.
Other psychotic disorders include:
- Brief psychotic disorder: Psychotic symptoms that last less than a month (but may recur)
- Delusional disorder: Experiencing delusional thoughts for at least a month
- Schizoaffective disorder: Psychotic symptoms along with severe mood and behavior swings (a combination of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder symptoms)
- Substance - induced psychotic disorder: Psychotic symptoms induced by drugs such as cocaine
