monam84
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A 40 y.o. attorney is convinced that his wife is trying to kill him. When he locks himself in the basement and refuses to come out, the police are called and he is taken to the ER. THe wife notes that the patient has been showing increasingly strange behavior over the past 9 months. An abnormal gait is observed. The history reveals that the patients mother and uncle died in their early 50's after bring institutionalized for many years with an unknown but similar illness. What is the most appropriate diagnosis for this patient?
a- schizophrenia
b- schizoaffective disorder
c- schizophreniform disorder
d- brief psychotic episode
e- delusional disorder
f- shared psychotic disorder
g- psychosis due to a general medical condition
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| unique1
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G ?
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| rock
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| monam84
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Yep, the disease is Huntingtons disease. Answer G
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| paheli
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i am inclined to go with schizophrenia, most likely paranoid type. is it a distractor? monam, could you please elaborate on the answer? thanks
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