differential diagnosis

Last reviewed 01/2018

This includes:

  • an affective disorder
  • a personality disorder - this will be a lifelong trait
  • a paranoid state - paranoia is not synonymous with schizophrenia
  • hysteria
  • an organic psychosis, for example:
    • temporal lobe epilepsy
    • drug-induced psychosis, for example, amphetamines, LSD