Hi, Thanks for writing to healthcaremagic You did not have mention any clinical features so its not possible exactly to tell which kind of illness he is suffering from. but as per your given history ,he has all psychotic symptoms within these 15 days only with panic attacks. What exactly happened before illness that also you haven t mentioned. It may be provisionally brief psychotic disorder or acute stress disorder and in very less chances ,adjustment disorder. Most probably with the limited data you provided ,it s mostly brief psychotic disorder. If it is then all symptoms will go away within 30 days. Very few patients have persistent symptoms and later they may be diagnosed as schizophrenia. If its brief psychotic disorder then he will be ok on medicines.may doctor ask to take medicines for bit long likely 3 to 6 months. Very rarely ,severe panic attacks may give impression that patient is going crazy. Very vague symptoms may present. It needs more details for exact prognostic prediction. Hope I have answered your query, Regards, Dr.Chintan Solanki.