Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders

Topics covered

1. 01Aetiology of schizophrenia — genetic, neurodevelopmental, and dopamine hypothesis
2. 02Positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia
3. 03Subtypes and course of schizophrenia
4. 04Diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia
5. 05Delusional disorder
6. 06Brief psychotic disorder and schizophreniform disorder
7. 07Schizoaffective disorder
8. 08Antipsychotic drugs — typical and atypical, mechanism and side effects
9. 09Management of acute psychosis
10. 10Rehabilitation and long-term management of schizophrenia