Question

Julie's younger sister died suddenly from an undiagnosed heart defect. The next day, Julie fell into a trance-like state. Two days later, Julie became reanimated and began experiencing auditory hallucinations. Concerned for her well-being, Julie's family took her to the local hospital. After a week of inpatient care, Julie started acting like her old self again. Given this information, Julie's diagnosis would be __________.

Answer 1

Given this information, Julie's diagnosis would be brief psychotic disorder.

Step-by-step explanation:

Brief psychotic disorder may take place after a stressful or traumatic event. In the period of one day to one month, the person affected will present at least one psychotic symptom - delusion, hallucination, incoherence, catatonic behavior, etc. As we can see, Julie's case fits into that description. After a traumatic even (the loss of her sister), she showed a couple of psychotic symptoms (catatonic behavior and hallucinations). After a couple of weeks, she went back to her normal self.