Encyclopedia: Brief Reactive Psychosis
Brief reactive psychosis is the psychiatric term for psychosis which can be triggered by an extremely stressful event in the life of a patient. This 'stressful life event' can take many forms, including the death of a loved one, professional loss such as unexpected redundancy or otherwise becoming unemployed, or serious adverse changes in the patient's personal life, such as the breakdown of their family through divorce, etc. It must...
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MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Brief reactive psychosis
Oct 20, 2008 ... Brief reactive psychosis is a sudden, short-term display of psychotic behavior, such as hallucinations, that occur with a stressful event. ...
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Brief reactive psychosis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aug 13, 2008 ... Brief reactive psychosis is the psychiatric term for psychosis which can be triggered by an extremely stressful event in the life of a ...
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Brief Psychotic Episode
Aug 22, 2003 ... With Marked Stressor(s) (brief reactive psychosis): if symptoms occur shortly after and apparently in response to events that, ...
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