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Schizoaffective disorder is a mental disorder characterized by symptoms of both schizophrenia (psychosis) and a mood disorder - either bipolar disorder or depression. [4][5] The main diagnostic criterion is the presence of psychotic symptoms for at least two weeks without prominent mood symptoms. [5] Common symptoms include hallucinations ...
Some children engage in activities such as flapping the arms or rocking, and may appear anxious, confused, or disruptive on a regular basis. Children may experience hallucinations, but these are often difficult to differentiate from just normal imagination or child play. Visual hallucinations are more commonly found in children than in adults. [1]
Delusional disorder, traditionally synonymous with paranoia, is a mental illness in which a person has delusions, but with no accompanying prominent hallucinations, thought disorder, mood disorder, or significant flattening of affect. [6][7] Delusions are a specific symptom of psychosis. Delusions can be bizarre or non-bizarre in content; [7 ...
A visual simulation of HPPD, often referred to as visual snow. Hallucinogen persisting perception disorder (HPPD) is a non-psychotic disorder in which a person experiences apparent lasting or persistent visual hallucinations or perceptual distortions after using drugs, [1] including but not limited to psychedelics, dissociatives, entactogens ...
Hyperphantasia is the condition of having extremely vivid mental imagery. [1] It is the opposite condition to aphantasia, where mental visual imagery is not present. [2][3] The experience of hyperphantasia is more common than aphantasia [4][5] and has been described as being "as vivid as real seeing". [4] Hyperphantasia constitutes all five ...
Depersonalization-derealization disorder (DPDR, DDD) [3][4] is a mental disorder in which the person has persistent or recurrent feelings of depersonalization and/or derealization. Depersonalization is described as feeling disconnected or detached from one's self. Individuals may report feeling as if they are an outside observer of their own ...
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder [17][7] characterized by hallucinations (typically hearing voices), delusions, disorganized thinking and behavior, [10] and flat or inappropriate affect. [7] Symptoms develop gradually and typically begin during young adulthood and are never resolved. [3][10] There is no objective diagnostic test; diagnosis is ...
Antipsychotic, AAP. A hallucination is a perception in the absence of an external stimulus that has the compelling sense of reality. [4] Hallucination is a combination of two conscious states of brain: wakefulness and REM sleep. [5] They are distinguishable from several related phenomena, such as dreaming (REM sleep), which does not involve ...