The presence of 3 or more of 12 psychomotor features in the diagnostic criteria for catatonia is associated with schizophreniform disorder and caused by another medical condition.

The essential feature of catatonia is the psychomotor disturbance (e.g. decreased motor activity).

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The DSM-5-TR outlines a few specifiers to help specify the condition of Schizophreniform Disorder according to the different states and condition of the individual.These specifiers are as followed:

Specify if:

- With Good Prognostic Factors
- Without Good Prognostic Factors

Specify if:
- With Catatonia

Specify current severity:
    -Note:Severity is based on a quantitative assessment of the different primary symptoms of psychosis. This specifier is optional.

[DSM-5-TR] Specifiers of Schizophreniform Disorder

American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed., Text revision). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.books.9780890425596

DSM-5-TR

This specifier requires the presence of at least two of the following features: onset of obvious psychotic symptoms within 4 weeks of the first notable change in normal behavior or functioning; confusion or perplexity; good premorbid social and occupational functioning; no blunted or flat affect.

Schizophreniform Disorder: Specified With Good Prognostic Features

This specifier is applied if two or more of the following features have not been present: onset of obvious psychotic symptoms within 4 weeks of the first notable change in normal behavior or functioning; confusion or perplexity; good premorbid social and occupational functioning; no blunted or flat affect.

Schizophreniform Disorder: Specified Without Good Prognostic Factors

Schizophreniform Disorder: Specified With Catatonia

Severity is rated by a quantitative assessment of the main symptoms of psychosis, which include delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, abnormal psychomotor behavior, and negative symptoms, in the last 7 days on a 5-point scale ranging from 0 (not present) to 4 (present and severe).

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