Some people with epilepsy experience delusions, hallucinations, paranoia and confusion after a seizure. While these episodes ...

On average, young adults in Canada spend several hours on their smartphones every day. Many jump from TikTok to Netflix to Instagram, putting their phone down only to pick up a video game controller.

Psychotic-like experiences, such as suspiciousness and unusual thoughts, are common among adolescents who are referred to adolescent psychiatric care. The symptoms are often associated with depression ...

Psychotic features in major depressive disorder describe the presence of delusions or hallucinations alongside core depressive symptoms such as low mood, anhedonia and cognitive impairment. This ...

Cannabis use among individuals with schizophrenia and psychotic disorders in South Africa is linked to more severe symptoms ...

—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 ...

A brief psychotic disorder is a psychiatric condition characterized by sudden and temporary periods of psychotic behavior, such as delusions, hallucinations, and confusion. Symptoms can endure for ...

Source: The Scream - Edvard Munch, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons See below for more on this series of posts. The three levels of personality organization in patient populations are neurotic, ...

Psychotic symptoms within borderline personality disorder (BPD) encompass a range of transient and stress-related phenomena, including auditory verbal hallucinations, persecutory ideas and brief ...

PTSD (Post-traumatic stress disorder) and psychosis are two distinct mental health conditions, but they can sometimes overlap. In some cases, PTSD can lead to psychotic symptoms. This is sometimes ...

A new study has shown that relative to participants without a psychotic disorder, those diagnosed with a disorder were consistently impaired across all areas of cognitive (memory and thinking) ability ...