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What diagnoses are eligible for CARE?

Individuals may be eligible for CARE if they have one of the following psychiatric diagnoses and meet all other CARE eligibility requirements:

  • Bipolar I disorder with psychotic features
  • Schizophrenia spectrum disorders, which include:
    • Schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, schizophreniform disorder, other specified schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorder, unspecified schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorder.
  • Other psychotic disorders, which include:
    • Brief psychotic disorder, delusional disorder, schizotypal personality disorder, substance medication induced psychotic disorder, catatonia associated with another mental disorder, unspecified catatonia.

The following diagnoses do not meet CARE eligibility requirements by themselves:

  • Psychotic disorder due to a general medical condition.
  • Catatonia associated with another medical condition.
  • Major depression with psychotic features.
  • Bipolar 2 disorder.
  • Any other substance-related disorder not listed above, including psychosis solely due to current intoxication.

For more information on eligible diagnoses, see the Eligibility Fact Sheet and Eligibility in Practice training.

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