Acute and transient psychotic disorders (ICD-10
F23): a review from a European perspective
European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 04/24/09
Castagnini A et al. - ATPD is reported as being prevalent in females and as having onset in early-middle adulthood. Although follow-up studies suggest that its outcome is more favourable than other disorders in the F2 group, ATPD tends to recur and half of cases convert mainly into either schizophrenia or affective disorders. No evidence supports the view that the traditional conditions subsumed under ATPD all refer to this diagnostic category. The lack of defining features and poor prognostic validity argue against the separation of ATPD from borderland categories.
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