Psychosis
What is Psychosis?
Psychosis is a loss of contact with reality, usually including false ideas about what is taking place or who one is (delusions) and seeing or hearing things that aren’t there (hallucinations).
Psychosis is a severe mental condition in which there is a loss of contact with reality. There are many possible causes:
- Alcohol and certain drugs
- Brain tumors
- Dementia (including Alzheimer’s)
- Epilepsy
- Manic depression (bipolar disorder)
- Psychotic depression
- Schizophrenia
- Stroke
- Psychosis Symptoms
- Abnormal displays of emotion
- Confusion
- Depression and sometimes suicidal thoughts
- Disorganized thought and/or speech
- Extreme excitement (mania)
- False beliefs (delusions)
- Loss of touch with reality
- Mistaken perceptions (illusions)
- Seeing, hearing, feeling or perceiving things that are not there (hallucinations)
- Unfounded fear/suspicion
For help with psychosis, contact Saint Simons By-The-Sea.
Information provided by the National Institutes of Health.