Psychosis is when a person loses touch with reality. This is the definition most recognized by the general public, and yes, it's simplistic and reductionistic. A more deeply textured definition would ...

Diagnostic stability refers to the extent to which an individual’s psychiatric diagnosis remains consistent over time. In psychotic disorders, stability is central to guiding prognosis, treatment ...

Psychotic disorders encompass a spectrum of conditions marked by disturbances in perception, thought and behaviour that impair reality testing. Historical frameworks began with Kraepelin’s distinction ...

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have uncovered a substantial genetic component to postpartum ...

When bipolar disorder includes psychosis, your thoughts and perceptions may not match reality. You might hear voices, see things that aren’t there, or believe something untrue with conviction. These ...

—A long-term study, which followed patients for 25 years, found that individuals with schizophrenia and other psychoses were at higher risk of mild-to-moderate and severe impairment relative to adults ...

If you have either schizophrenia or psychosis you may experience symptoms like hallucinations or delusions. But although schizophrenia and psychosis have these symptoms in common, the two conditions ...

Schizoaffective disorder and schizophrenia have several symptoms in common, like hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized thinking or behavior. But although these conditions may resemble each other ...

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Adolescent cannabis use was linked to higher risks of later psychotic, bipolar, depressive, and anxiety disorders. A large ...