“Unspecified depressive disorder” is used when someone displays depressive symptoms, but there isn’t enough information for a specific diagnosis. Depressive symptoms can be complex and may not clearly ...

Unspecified. What an ambiguous term for something as bent on categorization as psychiatric diagnosis! As readers learned on March 13, 2021, there is more than meets the eye to boring-sounding ...

This study examines the clinical settings of first-time psychotic spectrum disorder diagnoses in an integrated health system. In this diverse cohort of patients with first-time psychotic spectrum ...

Credit: Getty Images Schizophrenia is a type of psychotic disorder that affects how a person thinks and interprets reality. Like schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder is also a type of psychotic ...

The study showed when compared to those who reported not using cannabis during adolescence, the ones who admit to cannabis use were more likely to be hospitalized or to visit an emergency room related ...

Both schizoaffective disorder and schizophrenia cause psychosis. With schizoaffective disorder, however, you may also have prominent mood symptoms. In schizophrenia, people don’t typically have mood ...

A new study shows that teens using cannabis are at 11 times higher risk of developing a psychotic disorder compared to teens not using cannabis. Toronto, ON, May 22, 2024 – A new study published in ...