An explorative study in to the role of personality traits and stressful life events in acute and transient psychotic disorders

Abstract

Though there were several descriptions of ‘Third Psychosis’ from across the world,1,2 Acute and Transient Psychotic Disorder(ATPD) is a new entity in ICD, first introduced in 1992.3 Some researchers points out that vulnerable personality makes a person prone to psychotic breakdown when challenged with stressful life situation4−9 Though ICD 10 considers the traditional association of ATPD with stress and provide it as one among 3 key features, it also states that ATPD can occur without stress. Though ‘vulnerable personality’ is a common notion, there is no mention about personality in ICD 10 F23. Hence this study which aims at whether stress need to be always associated with ATPD as a preceding factor and whether personality traits of ATPD patients differ significantly from age and gender matched controls.