In Substance/Med Induced Psychotic Disorder, the defining psychotic features are: presence of delusions, hallucinations, or both.

In Substance/Med Induced Psychotic Disorder, the defining psychotic features are: presence of delusions, hallucinations, or both.

• A. Presence of disorganized behavior alone
• B. Absence of any psychotic symptoms
• C. Presence of delusions, hallucinations, or both
• D. Primary mood symptoms only

Answer: (C)

Substance/Med Induced Psychotic Disorder centers on psychotic symptoms that are explicitly caused by a substance or medication. The defining features are delusions and/or hallucinations—these are the psychotic experiences that must be present (they can occur with disorganized thinking or abnormal behavior, but the key hallmark is the delusions or hallucinations). Disorganized behavior alone does not establish the diagnosis, so relying on that feature wouldn’t fit. If there are no psychotic symptoms at all, the disorder isn’t present. Primary mood symptoms only point to a mood disorder with psychotic features, not to substance-induced psychosis. So, the presence of delusions, hallucinations, or both best captures the defining criterion.

Substance/Med Induced Psychotic Disorder centers on psychotic symptoms that are explicitly caused by a substance or medication. The defining features are delusions and/or hallucinations—these are the psychotic experiences that must be present (they can occur with disorganized thinking or abnormal behavior, but the key hallmark is the delusions or hallucinations).

Disorganized behavior alone does not establish the diagnosis, so relying on that feature wouldn’t fit. If there are no psychotic symptoms at all, the disorder isn’t present. Primary mood symptoms only point to a mood disorder with psychotic features, not to substance-induced psychosis. So, the presence of delusions, hallucinations, or both best captures the defining criterion.