The schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders refer to a group of psychiatric conditions that significantly impact an individual’s ability to think, feel, and behave. Often individuals diagnosed with these disorders develop beliefs and practice behaviors that are not aligned with reality.
Examples of common psychotic disorders include:
- Brief psychotic disorder
- Delusion disorder
- Paraphrenia
- Schizoaffective disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Schizophreniform disorder
- Shared psychotic disorder
- Substance-induced psychotic disorder
