Wiley, Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 6(54), p. 621-624, 2000
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.2000.00763.x
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Abstract By presenting two illustrative case histories, the authors stress the importance of the classical category of reactive psychosis which has disappeared from recent international classifications as a distinct nosological entity. Reactive psychosis is essential in the differential diagnosis of acute psychoses as the diagnosis of reactive psychosis has far-reaching therapeutic implications. Clinical and conceptual issues concerning reactive psychosis are briefly reviewed with respect to major classical and modern papers.