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. 2008 Apr-Jun;50(2):128–134. doi: 10.4103/0019-5545.42402

Table 1.

Prospective diagnostic criteria for prodromal syndromes (as given by PACE Clinic, Melbourne) - diagnosed using comprehensive assessment of symptoms of at-risk mental states (CAARMS)

Attenuated positive symptom syndrome (APSS) Unusual thought content, suspiciousness, grandiosity, perceptual abnormalities, and/or formal thought disorder that does not satisfy frank psychosis; occurring at least once a week in last month; with worsening course in past 12 months
Brief intermittent psychotic syndrome (BIPS) Clearly psychotic thought content, paranoia, grandiosity, perceptual abnormalities, and/or formal thought disorder; with onset within last 3 months
Genetic risk + functional deterioration (G/D) History of any psychotic disorder in first-degree relative OR Schizotypal personality disorder in patient
Associated with marked functional decline in the past year