Working with Diagnostic Uncertainty in First‐Episode Psychosis - Promoting Recovery in Early Psychosis - Wiley Online Library

NMHDU Joint National Early Intervention Programme, Lead and Worcestershire EI Clinical Development Lead, Worcestershire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, Worcestershire, UK

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David Shiers,

David Shiers

NMHDU Joint National Early Intervention Programme Lead Worcestershire, UK

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Mandy Reed,

Mandy Reed

Consultant Nurse

Early Intervention in Psychosis, Bath, UK

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Mark Rayne,

Mark Rayne

Programme Specialist

Service Development NHS West Midlands Regional, Development Centre, West Midlands, UK

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First published: 26 March 2010

https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444318814.ch10

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

Introduction
Who wants a diagnosis? Useful signposts or stigmatising labels?
Implementation into practice
A brief summary of the evidence
Differential diagnosis: Things we should be certain about
Organic (physical) causes of psychosis
Implementation into practice
Affective (mood) causes of psychosis
Traumatic causes of psychosis
Developmental disorders and psychosis
Implementation into practice
Street drugs, personality and psychosis
Implementation into practice
Implementation into practice
Diagnostic stability: Did we get it right?
Implications and conclusions
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Promoting Recovery in Early Psychosis: A Practice Manual