A recent study suggests that individuals with psychotic disorders process sensations they produce themselves, such as their ...

A 6-year-old boy began hearing voices coming from the walls and the school intercom telling him to hurt himself and others. He saw ghosts, aliens in trees, and colored footprints. Joseph ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Because of the common occurrence of psychotic features among patients with treatment-resistant depression, as ...

Psychosis refers to a collection of symptoms that affect the mind, where there has been some loss of contact with reality. During an episode of psychosis, a person’s thoughts and perceptions are ...

To further understand the spectrum of psychosis, it's important to become familiar with the broad range of symptoms. These are more expansive than the “hearing voices” and paranoia most often ...

A diagnostic distinction for postpartum psychosis in the DSM will improve detection, treatment, and prevention, an expert ...

New research published in Psychological Medicine suggests that recreational cannabis use during adolescence and young ...

COVID-19 could be causing psychosis in a small number of patients. Most of these patients have no personal or family history of mental illness. Post-COVID psychosis appears to be temporary and is ...

In schizoaffective disorder, you’ll experience both mood episodes (mania, hypomania, or depression) and psychotic symptoms (hallucinations and delusions). The distinguishing factor is that to be ...

In a given week, OpenAI estimated that around 0.07 percent of active ChatGPT users show “possible signs of mental health emergencies related to psychosis or mania” and 0.15 percent “have conversations ...

Chatbots like ChatGPT are blurring emotional boundaries and fueling delusions. Experts are calling for stronger safety ...