RT Book, Section A1 Smith, Robert C. A1 Osborn, Gerald G. A1 Dwamena, Francesca C. A1 D'Mello, Dale A1 Freilich, Laura A1 Laird-Fick, Heather S. SR Print(0) ID 1163137222 T1 Psychotic Disorders T2 Essentials of Psychiatry in Primary Care: Behavioral Health in the Medical Setting YR 2019 FD 2019 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781260116779 LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1163137222 RD 2024/03/28 AB We consider psychotic disorders to reside primarily in the domain of psychiatry. But primary care and other medical physicians almost always see these patients at some early point during their illness journey and can play a significant role in their care. By recognizing that your patient may have a psychotic disorder—or be in the process of developing one—early referral is possible. The duration of untreated psychosis is directly related to time to recovery.1 Hence, primary care physicians play a pivotal role in reducing the duration of untreated psychosis and modifying long-term outcome.2,3 Also, you can play a key role in co-managing, with a psychiatrist, patients’ often very prominent medical problems.