substance-induced psychotic disorder

in DSM–IV–TR, prominent hallucinations or delusions due to the direct physiological effects of a substance and not arising as part of a withdrawal syndrome. The equivalent term in DSM–5 is substance/medication-induced psychotic disorder. Also called hallucinosis. See alcohol-induced psychotic disorder; amphetamine-induced psychotic disorder; cannabis-induced psychotic disorder; hallucinogen-induced psychotic disorder.

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November 18th 2024

critical region

critical region

a range of values that may be obtained from a statistical procedure that would lead to rejecting a specific claim about a population. More specifically, it is the portion of a probability distribution containing the values for a test statistic that would result in rejection of a null hypothesis in favor of its corresponding alternative hypothesis. Also called rejection region. Compare acceptance region.