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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 ...
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.
Specialty. Psychiatry, addiction psychiatry. Stimulant psychosis is a mental disorder characterized by psychotic symptoms (such as hallucinations, paranoid ideation, delusions, disorganized thinking, grossly disorganized behaviour). It involves and typically occurs following an overdose or several day binge on psychostimulants, [ 1 ] though one ...
Anti-depressants, anti-psychotics. Psychotic depression, also known as depressive psychosis, is a major depressive episode that is accompanied by psychotic symptoms. [ 3 ] It can occur in the context of bipolar disorder or major depressive disorder. [ 3 ] It can be difficult to distinguish from schizoaffective disorder, a diagnosis that ...
Psychiatry, addiction psychiatry. Substance-induced psychosis (commonly known as toxic psychosis or drug-induced psychosis) is a form of psychosis that is attributed to substance intoxication. It is a psychosis that results from the effects of various substances, such as medicinal and nonmedicinal substances, legal and illegal drugs, chemicals ...
Postpartum psychosis (PPP), also known as puerperal psychosis or peripartum psychosis, involves the abrupt onset of psychotic symptoms shortly following childbirth, typically within two weeks of delivery but less than 4 weeks postpartum. [ 2 ] PPP is a condition currently represented under " Brief Psychotic Disorder " in the Diagnostic and ...
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. This approach centers on the early detection and ...