Psychotic Disorders

André Barciela Veras, M.D., PhD, is Professor of Psychiatry in the Medical School of the State University of Mato Grosso do Sul. Fruitful research partnerships and meticulous discussions of clinical experience with superb mentors have contributed immensely to the content of this book. His psychosis research papers all reflect all those collaborations. He graduated from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, where he also obtained his master's, doctoral and post-doctoral degrees. Jeffrey P. Kahn, M.D. is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill-Cornell Medical College in Manhattan. This work on psychosis draws from research and clinical experience, and from academic interests in precision diagnosis, anxiety disorders and evolution. His book on evolutionary psychopathology (Angst: Origins of Anxiety and Depression, Oxford, 2012) included a preliminary overview of some ideas described here. He graduated from Swarthmore College and the Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons.

"The editors have organized the text around a remarkable concept that five psychoses account for much of functional psychotic disorders. These five psychotic disorders have common causal factors that contribute to psychosis proneness. Three of these psychoses are already well recognized, and all five appear to be associated with a specific anxiety or depressive disorder. All this implies that neuroleptic treatment, when combined with properly specific anxiety and depression treatment, can make patients much better than with neuroleptics alone. Both editors have contributed to the supporting literature, but there is also a fascinating agenda for further research to explore and expand these concepts. When further documented by additional research, these diagnoses and treatments could have effects on psychotic disorder diagnosis and treatment that could be exceptional, if not ground-breaking. This is clearly a book that needs careful attention in a review, and a wide mental health audience." -- Ira D. Glick, M.D., Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Department of Psychiatry, Stanford University School of Medicine" Anxiety disorders have suffered relative neglect by psychiatry and psychopharmacology over the past several decades. Drs. Veras and Kahn have done the field a great service by putting together a volume that highlights the important overlap of these disorders, not just with mood disorders, but with schizophrenia spectrum illness as well.? Psychotic Disorders will serve as a useful reminder of these under-appreciated comorbidities, in the service of more meaningful classification of psychoses and more effective treatment of those suffering from them." -- Edward Silberman, Professor of Psychiatry, Tufts University School of Medicine

• 1. Introduction2. Psychotogenesis Overview 3. Diagnosis: OCD/Schizo-Obsessive 4. Diagnosis: Panic/Panic Psychosis5. Diagnosis: Social Anxiety/Delusional Disorder6. Diagnosis: Melancholia/Delusional Depression 7. Diagnosis: Atypical Depression/Mania8. Diagnosis: Substance Abuse Psychosis