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Functionally psychotic patients misdiagnosed with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder are most likely to suffer from an undiagnosed psychotic mood disorder or, in a few percent, an unrecognized organic psychosis (Chap. 14 ; Tables 14.1 and 14.2). In either situation, such patients receive substandard care with increased morbidity and mortality. Without a correct diagnosis of a mood disorder, patients are unlikely to receive first-line mood-stabilizing medications, i.e., lithium, valproic acid (Depakote), carbamazepine (Tegretol), and lamotrigine (Lamictal)
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Lake, C.R. (2012). The Negative Impact of the Misdiagnosis of Schizophrenia upon Patients, Their Families, and Their Caretakers. In: Schizophrenia Is a Misdiagnosis. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1870-2_15
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