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. 2023 Feb 24;14:1014540. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1014540

Table 1.

Phenomenology in other childhood diagnosis mimicking psychosis.

Sl. No. Primary childhood diagnosis Phenomenology that can present mimicking psychosis
1 Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) Perseverative thoughts with social skill deficits
2 Attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) Behavioral disorganization
3 Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) Severe obsessive thinking
4 Anxiety disorder or childhood PTSD Severe anticipatory anxiety and traumatic hallucination coupled with nightmares
5 Childhood mood disorder Inflated self-esteem or irritable mood in association with perceptual abnormalities