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Schizophrenia spectrum disorders Schizoaffective disorder • is Schizophreniform/Schizophrenia plus Manic or depressive symptoms. • Key is the finding of psychosis outside of mood episodes. • Duration of 2 weeks needed for diagnosis. Brief psychotic disorder. • 1 day of symptoms needed for diagnosis • Lasts less than 1 month. • Key is the finding of psychosis/delusion + impaired social and occupational functioning Delusional disorder. • Symptoms present for at least 1 month. • Key is the finding of psychosis/delusion w/o impaired social and occupational functioning Schizophreniform Disorder • Symptoms present for 1-6 months • Key is to distinguish between the negative symptoms of Schizophreniform/Schizophrenia and the major mood disorder of Schizoaffective disorder Schizophrenia Disorder • Symptoms present for at least 6 months • Key is to distinguish between the negative symptoms of Schizophreniform/Schizophrenia and the major mood disorder of Schizoaffective disorder #Schizophrenia #Schizophreniform #Brief #psychotic #disorder #Schizoaffective #Delusional
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Pravin Patel, PhD
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Currently, I am a medical student at Drexel University College of Medicine, Class of 2024. My ambition is to become a physician-scientist and I look forward to continuing my training acquiring the full suite of research and clinical capabilities so that I can improve lives both at the bench and the bed side. My current research interests involve gaining a superior understanding of the interplay between hematology and immunology by investigating the role platelets as members of the innate immune system and their functions in immune-mediated pathologies
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