Disorder | Key Features | Duration | Lifetime Prevalence |
---|---|---|---|
Schizophrenia | Various psychotic symptoms, such as delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, restricted or inappropriate affect, and catatonia | 6 months or more | 1.0% |
Brief psychotic disorder | Various psychotic symptoms, such as delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, restricted or inappropriate affect, and catatonia | Less than 1 month | Unknown |
Schizophreniform disorder | Various psychotic symptoms, such as delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, restricted or inappropriate affect, and catatonia | 1 to 6 months | 0.2% |
Schizoaffective disorder | Marked symptoms of both schizophrenia and a major depressive episode or a manic episode | 6 months or more | Unknown |
Delusional disorder | Persistent delusions that are not bizarre and not due to schizophrenia; persecutory, jealous, grandiose, and somatic delusions are common | 1 month or more | 0.1% |
Psychotic disorder due to another medical condition | Hallucinations, delusions, or disorganized speech caused by a medical illness or brain damage | No minimum length | Unknown |
Substance/medicatio | Hallucinations, delusions, or disorganized speech caused directly by a substance, such as an abused drug | No minimum length | Unknown |
(Information from: APA, 2013.) |