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mental disoorder in which a parsons mental capacity, emotional reaponeivlly, capacity lo recognise reality and to comrnunlcate and relate to others sufficiently impaired so as interfere with he or her ability to deal wth the ordinary demands of life. Types of psychotic disordara; I Organic psychosies(Qrgaric brain ddisorders). II Functional psychosis .1 Schzophrenia. 2 Schzophreniform psychosis. 3 Briet reative psychosis 4 Schizu-affective psychosis .5. Paranoid states DIFFERENCES (ORGANIC BRAIN DISORDERS) Clincal manifestaiions Symptoms of organic brain disorders can be divided Into - 1 Mancttory o* Huanrtlal ayrnpioma wtifch am ssen Jn avary cane of organic psychosis. 2 Obligatory or accessory which are dependent on certain factors peculiar to the indvidual parent, I a his/her personality, emotional conficts environmental situation and Interparsonal relaiionshlps Mandatory symptoms. 1. Impairmenutof onriation in time, place and/or parson 2 Impairment of memory - Memory for recent events is impaired first. while memory for ramote eventas may be unaffected until an advanced stage of the disease process. 3. Impairment of inteffectual functions - A variety of intellectual) functions may be disturbed e. g. calculation. comprehension, general fund of information, abillly to lern new tasks and ability to understand the meaninq of verbal language (vocabulary) 4 impairment of consciousness - of varying degree, ranging from stupor. clouding of conaciousness to coma 5. Aftered emotionally - ememotional lability, i.e. patient shifts rapidly from one emotion to another or he may lose contact over his emotions - emonotinal incontinence Obligatory or accessory symptoms