AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Schizophreniform disorder, like schizophrenia, is a psychotic disorder that affects how you act, think, relate to others, express emotions and perceive reality. Unlike schizophrenia, it lasts one to six months instead of the rest of your life.

Detailed explanation-2: -Differential Diagnosis These may include delirium or major neurocognitive disorder; substance or medication-induced psychotic disorder; depressive or bipolar disorder with psychotic features; schizoaffective disorder; schizophrenia; delusional disorder; paranoid personality disorder; and many others.

Detailed explanation-3: -To receive a diagnosis of schizophrenia, a person must have experienced at least two of the following symptoms most of the time during a one-month period, with some level of disturbance being present for six months: delusions, such as a belief that a person is being poisoned.

Detailed explanation-4: -The symptoms of schizophreniform disorder are similar to those of schizophrenia, but the symptoms only last a short time-at least one month but less than six months. If the symptoms last longer than six months, then the diagnosis changes to schizophrenia.