Identification
- Label (rdfs)
- Schizophrenia Spectrum and Psychotic Disorders
- Preferred Label
- None
- Alternative Labels
- Psychotic Spectrum Disorders, Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders
- Identifier
- N/A
Definition and Examples
- Definition
- Psychiatric Disability, also known as Psychotic Disorder, refers to a wide range of mental health conditions that significantly impair an individual's cognitive, emotional, and social functioning. These disorders are characterized by delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, or grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior, causing a clinically significant decline in functioning. Symptoms and signs may include, but are not limited to, inability to initiate and persist in goal-directed activities, social withdrawal, flat or inappropriate affect, poverty of thought and speech, loss of interest or pleasure, disturbances of mood, odd beliefs and mannerisms, and paranoia.