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Psychosis is a condition of the mind or psyche that results in difficulties determining what is real and what is not real. [3] Symptoms may include delusions and hallucinations, among other features. [3] Additional symptoms are disorganized thinking and incoherent speech and behavior that is inappropriate for a given situation. [3]
Brief psychotic disorder—according to the classifications of mental disorders DSM-IV-TR and DSM-5—is a psychotic condition involving the sudden onset of at least one psychotic symptom (such as disorganized thought/speech, delusions, hallucinations, or grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior) lasting 1 day to 1 month, often accompanied by emotional turmoil.
Substance-induced psychosis (commonly known as toxic psychosis or drug-induced psychosis) is a form of psychosis that is attributed to substance intoxication, withdrawal or recent consumption of psychoactive drugs. It is a psychosis that results from the effects of various substances, such as medicinal and nonmedicinal substances, legal and ...
Articles concerning the classification, description or explanations of psychosis, or people who have been influential in its understanding. Subcategories This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.
Psychotic depression, also known as depressive psychosis, is a major depressive episode that is accompanied by psychotic symptoms. [2] It can occur in the context of bipolar disorder or major depressive disorder . [ 2 ]
Psychosis that results from a general medical condition or substance is termed secondary psychosis. [10] Psychotic symptoms may be present in several other conditions, including bipolar disorder, [11] borderline personality disorder, [12] substance intoxication, substance-induced psychosis, and a number of drug withdrawal syndromes.
Early intervention in psychosis is a clinical approach to those experiencing symptoms of psychosis for the first time. It forms part of a new prevention paradigm for psychiatry [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and is leading to reform of mental health services , [ 3 ] especially in the United Kingdom [ 4 ] [ 5 ] and Australia.
Schizophrenia is a psychotic disorder, but is not synonymous with psychosis. [1] In the prodrome to psychosis, uncharacteristic basic symptoms develop first, followed by more characteristic basic symptoms and brief and self-limited psychotic-like symptoms, and finally the onset of psychosis. [2]