Psychotic Disorders

Oliver Freudenreich, MD, FACLPAssociate Professor of PsychiatryHarvard Medical SchoolCo-Director, Massachusetts General Hospital Schizophrenia Clinical and Research ProgramMassachusetts General HospitalBoston, Massachusetts

• Psychotic signs and symptoms.- Psychosis interview.- Delirium.- Drug-induced psychosis.- Secondary schizophrenia.- Psychiatric differential diagnosis of psychosis.- Schizophrenia-spectrum disorders.- Diagnosing schizophrenia – clinical approach.- Emergency management of acute psychosis.- Phase-specific treatment of schizophrenia.- Antipsychotics – overview.- Antipsychotics – motor side effects.- Antipsychotics – non-motor side effects.- Antipsychotics – clinical effectiveness.- Ancillary medications.- Drug interactions.- Polypharmacy.- Psychological treatments – the patient.- Psychological treatments – the family.- Psychiatric rehabilitation.- Medical morbidity and mortality.- HIV/AIDS and serious mental illness.- Dual diagnosis.- Nicotine dependence.- Refractory psychosis and clozapine.- Negative symptoms.- Cognition in schizophrenia.- Depression and suicide.- Illness insight and medication adherence.- Forensic aspects of schizophrenia care.- Social aspects of schizophrenia care.