Psychotic Disorder-Psychosis

A mental disorder characterized by a disconnection from reality.

Psychosis may occur as a result of a psychiatric illness like schizophrenia. In other instances, it may be caused by a health condition, medications, or drug use.

Possible symptoms include delusions, hallucinations, talking incoherently, and agitation. The person with the condition usually isn’t aware of his or her behavior.

Treatment may include medication and talk therapy.

Cluster Number:
Wiki Number: PW179-(This is a long and thorough article in Wikipedia. To be fair, please read the article entirely.)
Diagnosis: Psychotic Disorder-Psychosis
US Patients: 15% have auditory hallucinations; visual 55% of those with psychosis;
World Patients:
Sex Ratio:
Age Onset:
Brain Area: Dopamine matters.//Catatonia-physically agitated state; gray matter (interpreting life) is less; affects most brain areas.
Symptoms: Contrasting real and not real with hallucinations, delusions, incoherent speech, inappropriate behaviors & thought disorganization
Progression; auditory hallucinations now more common than visual ones; persecutory and grandure are the most common among delusions
Causes: schizophrenia, bipolar, sleep deprivation, drugs, alcohol and pot, substance abuse, childhood trauma,
Medications: antipsychotics
Therapies: social support

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Section 12.03.

4 CURRENT ARTICLES
FROM PUBMED

The world-wide medical research
reports chosen for each diagnosis

Clicking each title opens the
PubMed article’s summary-abstract.

DSM-5 conduct disorder and symptoms in youths at high risk of psychosis in Kenya with DSM-5 mental disorders and substance use: towards integrated management
by David M Ndetei on December 22, 2023
Little is known about the prevalence of Conduct Disorder (CD) and symptoms of CD in high risk psychosis persons at both clinical and community populations in LMICs and in particular Kenya. This study aimed to document (1) the prevalence of CD diagnosis and symptoms in youth who screened positive for psychosis and (2) the associated mental disorders and substance use in the same cohort in LMIC. The sample size was 536 students who had screened positive on the Washington Early Recognition Center...
Tobacco Use, Nicotine Dependence, and Cessation Methods in US Adults With Psychosis
by Beth Han on March 28, 2023
CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: In this study, the high prevalence of tobacco use, polytobacco use, and making a quit attempt as well as the severity of nicotine dependence among community-dwelling adults with a history of psychosis highlighted the urgency for tailored tobacco cessation interventions for this population. Such strategies must be evidence-based and age, sex, and race and ethnicity appropriate.
Advances in Molecular Psychiatry - March 2023: mitochondrial function, stress, neuroinflammation - bipolar disorder, psychosis, and Alzheimer's disease
by Julio Licinio on March 10, 2023
No abstract
Psychiatric manifestations of inborn errors of metabolism: A systematic review
by Nikita van de Burgt on November 27, 2022
Inborn errors of metabolism (IEMs) are characterized by deficits in metabolic enzymes as a result of an inherited disease, leading to the accumulation or decreased excretion of proteins, carbohydrates and lipids. Although IEMs are often diagnosed during childhood, adolescent and adult onset variants may be accompanied by less somatic and more psychiatric manifestations, which often hampers recognition by psychiatrists of the distinction between a primary and secondary psychiatric disorder. To...