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Of fi cial j ournal of the bs_bs_banner Pacifi c Rim College of Psychiatrists Asia-Pacific Psychiatry ISSN 1758-5864 LETTER TO THE EDITOR Acute polymorphic psychotic disorder: Differences from other acute and transient psychoses Address of institution where the research was carried out: Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Dhanvantari Nagar, Pondicherry – 605 006, India DOI:10.1111/appy.12224 Dear Editor, These results, though limited by the retrospec- Acute and transient psychotic disorders (ATPDs) are a tive design, lack of structured assessments and group of psychotic disorders commonly seen in Asian small sample size, suggest that that APPD resembles countries, characterized by an acute onset, relatively other ATPDs in most aspects. In other words, the short episodes, and complete recovery. The most well proposal to reduce ATPD to the APPD category characterized of these disorders is acute polymorphic alone may be premature (Nugent et al., 2011). Our psychotic disorder (APPD), characterized by an abrupt results are in line with earlier research suggesting onset, hrapidly changing symptoms, emotional that APPD is a heterogeneous diagnostic category turmoil, and a high rate of preceding stressful life with variable outcomes (Jager et al., 2003; Abe et al., events. Some authors have found that
Asia-Pacific Psychiatry – Wiley
Published: Mar 1, 2016
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