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{{Short description|Abnormal condition of the mind}}
'''Psychosis''' is a ] classification for a ] in which the perception of ] is distorted. Persons experiencing a psychotic episode may experience ]s (often ] or ] hallucinations), hold ] or ] beliefs, experience ] changes and exhibit disorganized thinking (see ]). This is sometimes accompanied by features such as a ] into the unusual or bizarre nature of their behavior, difficulties with social interaction and impairments in carrying out the activities of daily living.
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{{Distinguish|Psychopathy}}
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| complications = ], ]<ref name=NHS2016/>
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| treatment = ]s, ], ]<ref name=NHS2016/>
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| prognosis = Depends on cause<ref name=NHS2016/>
| frequency = 3% of people at some point in their life (US)<ref name=NIH2018QA/>
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'''Psychosis''' is a condition of the ] or ] that results in difficulties determining what is ] and what is not real.<ref name="Continuum">{{cite journal | vauthors = Arciniegas DB | title = Psychosis | journal = Continuum | volume = 21 | issue = 3 Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry | pages = 715–736 | date = June 2015 | pmid = 26039850 | pmc = 4455840 | doi = 10.1212/01.CON.0000466662.89908.e7 }}</ref> Symptoms may include ]s and ]s, among other features.<ref name="Continuum"/> Additional symptoms are disorganized thinking and ] and behavior that is inappropriate for a given situation.<ref name="Continuum"/> There may also be ]s, ], lack of motivation, and difficulties carrying out ].<ref name="Continuum"/> Psychosis can have serious adverse outcomes.<ref name="Continuum"/>


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==Overview==
Psychosis can have several different causes.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Radua J, Ramella-Cravaro V, Ioannidis JP, Reichenberg A, Phiphopthatsanee N, Amir T, Yenn Thoo H, Oliver D, Davies C, Morgan C, McGuire P, Murray RM, Fusar-Poli P | display-authors = 6 | title = What causes psychosis? An umbrella review of risk and protective factors | journal = World Psychiatry | volume = 17 | issue = 1 | pages = 49–66 | date = February 2018 | pmid = 29352556 | pmc = 5775150 | doi = 10.1002/wps.20490 }}</ref> These include ], such as ] or ], ], ],<ref name="Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry">{{Cite book |last1=Gelder |first1=Michael G. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pN9rAAAAMAAJ |title=Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry |last2=Gath |first2=Dennis |last3=Mayou |first3=Richard |date=1983 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-261294-6 |language=en}}</ref> ] or ]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Korsakoff Psychosis – Special Subjects |url=https://www.msdmanuals.com/en-in/professional/special-subjects/illicit-drugs-and-intoxicants/korsakoff-psychosis |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=MSD Manual Professional Edition |language=en-IN}}</ref> and in rare cases ] (]). Other causes include: ], ], some medical conditions, certain ]s, and drugs such as ], ], ]s, and ]s.<ref name="Griswold">{{cite journal | vauthors = Griswold KS, Del Regno PA, Berger RC | title = Recognition and Differential Diagnosis of Psychosis in Primary Care | journal = American Family Physician | volume = 91 | issue = 12 | pages = 856–863 | date = June 2015 | pmid = 26131945 | url = https://www.aafp.org/afp/2015/0615/p856.html | access-date = 2021-12-06 | archive-date = 2021-02-22 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210222162048/https://www.aafp.org/afp/2015/0615/p856.html | url-status = live }}</ref> One type, known as ], can occur after giving birth.<ref name=":7">{{cite journal | vauthors = Davies W | title = Understanding the pathophysiology of postpartum psychosis: Challenges and new approaches | journal = World Journal of Psychiatry | volume = 7 | issue = 2 | pages = 77–88 | date = June 2017 | pmid = 28713685 | pmc = 5491479 | doi = 10.5498/wjp.v7.i2.77 | doi-access = free }}</ref> The ] ] is believed to play an important role.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Stahl SM | title = Beyond the dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia to three neural networks of psychosis: dopamine, serotonin, and glutamate | journal = CNS Spectrums | volume = 23 | issue = 3 | pages = 187–191 | date = June 2018 | pmid = 29954475 | doi = 10.1017/S1092852918001013 | s2cid = 49599226 | doi-access = free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Grace AA | title = Dysregulation of the dopamine system in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia and depression | journal = Nature Reviews. Neuroscience | volume = 17 | issue = 8 | pages = 524–532 | date = August 2016 | pmid = 27256556 | pmc = 5166560 | doi = 10.1038/nrn.2016.57 }}</ref> Acute psychosis is termed primary if it results from a psychiatric condition and secondary if it is caused by another medical condition or drugs.<ref name="Griswold"/> The diagnosis of a mental-health condition requires excluding other potential causes.<ref>{{cite book | vauthors = Cardinal RN, Bullmore ET |title=The Diagnosis of Psychosis |date=2011 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-139-49790-9 |page=279 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wE3FXgW9gDkC&pg=PA279 |language=en |access-date=2020-06-25 |archive-date=2020-08-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806010504/https://books.google.com/books?id=wE3FXgW9gDkC&pg=PA279 |url-status=live }}</ref> Testing may be done to check for ] diseases, toxins, or other health problems as a cause.<ref>{{cite book | vauthors = Foster NL |title=The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Geriatric Neuropsychiatry |date=2011 |publisher=American Psychiatric Pub |isbn=978-1-58562-952-7 |page=523 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c52vBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA523 |language=en |access-date=2020-06-25 |archive-date=2020-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819021425/https://books.google.com/books?id=c52vBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA523 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Psychosis is usually considered by mainstream ] to be a symptom of severe ]. Although it is not exclusively linked to any particular psychological or physical state, it is particularly associated with ], ] (manic depression) and severe ].


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It is not uncommon in cases of ] and may occur after ] use, particularly after ] or chronic use, although certain compounds may be more likely to induce psychosis, and some individuals may show greater sensitivity than others. The direct effects of ]s are not usually classified as psychosis, as long as they abate when the drug is metabolised from the body.
Treatment may include ], ], and ].<ref name="NIH2018QA">{{cite web|title=RAISE Questions and Answers|url=https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/schizophrenia/raise/raise-questions-and-answers.shtml|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008203120/https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/schizophrenia/raise/raise-questions-and-answers.shtml|archive-date=8 October 2019|access-date=23 January 2018|website=NIMH|language=en}}</ref><ref name=NHS2016/> Early treatment appears to improve outcomes.<ref name=NIH2018QA/> Medications appear to have a moderate effect.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Haddad PM, Correll CU | title = The acute efficacy of antipsychotics in schizophrenia: a review of recent meta-analyses | journal = Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology | volume = 8 | issue = 11 | pages = 303–318 | date = November 2018 | pmid = 30344997 | pmc = 6180374 | doi = 10.1177/2045125318781475 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Leucht S, Leucht C, Huhn M, Chaimani A, Mavridis D, Helfer B, Samara M, Rabaioli M, Bächer S, Cipriani A, Geddes JR, Salanti G, Davis JM | display-authors = 6 | title = Sixty Years of Placebo-Controlled Antipsychotic Drug Trials in Acute Schizophrenia: Systematic Review, Bayesian Meta-Analysis, and Meta-Regression of Efficacy Predictors | journal = The American Journal of Psychiatry | volume = 174 | issue = 10 | pages = 927–942 | date = October 2017 | pmid = 28541090 | doi = 10.1176/appi.ajp.2017.16121358 | s2cid = 27256686 | doi-access = free }}</ref> Outcomes depend on the underlying cause.<ref name=NHS2016>{{cite web|title=Psychosis|url=https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/psychosis/|website=NHS|access-date=24 January 2018|date=23 December 2016|archive-date=15 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015043847/https://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Psychosis/Pages/Prevention-OLD.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> In the United States about 3% of people develop psychosis at some point in their lives.<ref name=NIH2018QA/> The condition has been described since at least the 4th century BC by ] and possibly as early as 1500 BC in the Egyptian ].<ref>{{cite book| vauthors = Gibbs RS |title=Danforth's Obstetrics and Gynecology|date=2008|publisher=Lippincott Williams & Wilkins|isbn=978-0-7817-6937-2 |page=508 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=v4krPhqFG8sC&pg=PA508 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book| vauthors = Giddens JF |title=Concepts for Nursing Practice – E-Book|date=2015|publisher=Elsevier Health Sciences|isbn=978-0-323-38946-4|page=348|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lB-KCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA348|access-date=2020-06-25|archive-date=2020-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819141258/https://books.google.com/books?id=lB-KCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA348|url-status=live}}</ref>
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== Signs and symptoms ==
Chronic ] is also known to cause psychotic states, however the exact mechanism is uncertain. Psychosis triggered by stress in the absence of any other mental illness is known as ].


=== Hallucinations ===
Psychosis is a descriptive term for a complex group of behaviours and experiences and as such is not a medical ] in itself. Perhaps because of this, it is often confused with syndromes which may seem similar on the surface, or with words which may suggest, or seem to suggest a likeness.
An ] is defined as sensory perception in the absence of external stimuli. Hallucinations are different from ]s and perceptual distortions, which are the misperception of external stimuli. Hallucinations may occur in any of the senses and take on almost any form. They may consist of simple sensations (such as lights, colors, sounds, tastes, or smells) or more detailed experiences (such as seeing and interacting with animals and people, ], and having complex tactile sensations). Hallucinations are generally characterized as being vivid and uncontrollable.<ref name="DSM"/> ]s, particularly experiences of hearing voices, are the most common and often prominent feature of psychosis.


Up to 15% of the general population may experience auditory hallucinations (though not all are due to psychosis). The prevalence of auditory hallucinations in patients with schizophrenia is generally put around 70%, but may go as high as 98%. Reported prevalence in bipolar disorder ranges between 11% and 68%.<ref name="Toh">{{cite journal | vauthors = Toh WL, Thomas N, Rossell SL | title = Auditory verbal hallucinations in bipolar disorder (BD) and major depressive disorder (MDD): A systematic review | journal = Journal of Affective Disorders | volume = 184 | pages = 18–28 | date = September 2015 | pmid = 26066781 | doi = 10.1016/j.jad.2015.05.040 }}</ref> During the early 20th century, auditory hallucinations were second to ] in frequency, but they are now the most common manifestation of schizophrenia, although rates vary between cultures and regions. Auditory hallucinations are most commonly intelligible voices. When voices are present, the average number has been estimated at three. Content, like frequency, differs significantly, especially across cultures and demographics. People who experience auditory hallucinations can frequently identify the loudness, location of origin, and may settle on identities for voices. Western cultures are associated with auditory experiences concerning religious content, frequently related to sin. Hallucinations may command a person to do something potentially dangerous when combined with delusions.<ref name="Sadock Psychosis">{{cite book|title=Kaplan and Sadock's Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry|vauthors=Lewis S, Escalona R, Keith S|publisher=Wolters Kluwer|year=2017|isbn=978-1-45-110047-1|veditors=Sadock V, Sadock B, Ruiz P|chapter=Phenomenology of Schizophrenia}}</ref>
The term ''psychosis'' should be distinguished from the concept of ], which is a legal term denoting that a person should not be criminally responsible for his actions. Similarly, it should be distinguished from ], a ] often associated with violence, lack of ] and socially manipulative behaviour. Despite the fact that both are colloquially abbreviated to 'psycho', psychosis bears little similarity to psychopathy's core features, particularly with regard to violence, which rarely occurs in psychosis, and the distortion of perceived reality, which rarely occurs in psychopathy.


So-called "minor hallucinations", such as extracampine hallucinations, or false perceptions of people or movement occurring outside of one's visual field, frequently occur in neurocognitive disorders, such as Parkinson's disease.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Lenka A, Pagonabarraga J, Pal PK, Bejr-Kasem H, Kulisvesky J | title = Minor hallucinations in Parkinson disease: A subtle symptom with major clinical implications | journal = Neurology | volume = 93 | issue = 6 | pages = 259–266 | date = August 2019 | pmid = 31289146 | pmc = 6709995 | doi = 10.1212/WNL.0000000000007913 }}</ref>
It should also be distinguished from the state of ], in that a psychotic individual may be able to perform actions that require a high level of intellectual effort in clear consciousness. Finally, it should be distinguished from mental illness. Psychosis may be regarded as a symptom of other mental illnesses, but as a descriptive concept it is not considered an illness in its own right. For example, persons with ] can have long periods without psychosis and persons with ] and depression can have mood symptoms without psychosis. Conversely, psychosis can occur in persons without chronic mental illness as a result of an adverse drug reaction or extreme stress.


Visual hallucinations occur in roughly a third of people with schizophrenia, although rates as high as 55% are reported. The prevalence in bipolar disorder is around 15%. Content commonly involves animate objects, although perceptual abnormalities such as changes in lighting, shading, streaks, or lines may be seen. Visual abnormalities may conflict with ] information, and visions may include experiences such as the ground tilting. ] are less common in schizophrenia, and are more common in various types of ], such as ].<ref name="Sadock Psychosis"/>
Psychosis has been of particular interest to critics of mainstream psychiatric practice who argue that it may simply be another way of constructing reality and is not necessarily a sign of illness. For example, ] has argued that psychosis is a symbolic way of expressing concerns in situations where such views may be unwelcome or uncomfortable to the recipients. ] has focused on the social implications of labelling people as psychotic, a label which he argues unjustly medicalises different views of reality so such unorthodox people can be controlled by society.


A visceral hallucination, also called a cenesthetic hallucination, is characterized by visceral sensations in the absence of stimuli. Cenesthetic hallucinations may include sensations of burning, or re-arrangement of internal organs.<ref name="Sadock Psychosis"/>
]: The word ''psychosis'' was first used by Ernst von Feuchtersleben in ] as an alternative to ] and ] and stems from the Greek ''psykhe'' (mind) and ''osis'' (diseased or abnormal condition). The word was used to distinguish disorders which were thought to be disorders of the mind, as opposed to ], which was thought to stem from a disorder of the nerves.


=== Delusions ===
==Psychotic experience==
Psychosis may involve ]al beliefs. A delusion is a ''fixed, false idiosyncratic belief'', which does not change even when presented with incontrovertible evidence to the contrary. Delusions are context- and culture-dependent: a belief that inhibits critical functioning and is widely considered delusional in one population may be common (and even adaptive) in another, or in the same population at a later time.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Joseph |first1=Shawn M. |last2=Siddiqui |first2=Waquar |title=StatPearls |date=2024 |publisher=StatPearls Publishing |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK539855/ |access-date=19 August 2024 |chapter=Delusional Disorder|pmid=30969677 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ashinoff |first1=Brandon K. |last2=Singletary |first2=Nicholas M. |last3=Baker |first3=Seth C. |last4=Horga |first4=Guillermo |title=Rethinking delusions: A selective review of delusion research through a computational lens |journal=Schizophrenia Research |date=July 2022 |volume=245 |pages=23–41 |doi=10.1016/j.schres.2021.01.023 |pmid=33676820 |pmc=8413395 }}</ref> Since ] views may contradict available evidence, a belief need not contravene cultural standards in order to be considered delusional.
A psychotic episode can be significantly coloured by mood. For example, people experiencing a psychotic episode in the context of depression may experience persecutory or self-blaming delusions or hallucinations, whilst people experiencing a psychotic episode in the context of ] may form grandiose delusions or have an experience of deep religious significance.


Prevalence in schizophrenia is generally considered at least 90%, and around 50% in bipolar disorder.
Although usually distressing and regarded as an illness process, some people who experience psychosis find beneficial aspects and value the experience or revelations that stem from it.


The DSM-5 characterizes certain delusions as "bizarre" if they are clearly implausible, or are incompatible with the surrounding cultural context. The concept of bizarre delusions has many criticisms, the most prominent being judging its presence is not highly reliable even among trained individuals.<ref name="Sadock Psychosis"/>
===Hallucinations===
] are defined as sensory perception in the absence of external stimuli. Psychotic hallucinations may occur in any of the five senses and take on almost any form, which may include simple sensations (such as lights, colours, tastes, smells) to more meaningful experiences such as seeing and interacting with fully formed animals and people, hearing voices and complex tactile sensations.


A delusion may involve diverse thematic content. The most common type is a ], in which a person believes that an entity seeks to harm them. Others include ] (the belief that some element of one's experience represents a deliberate and specific act by or message from some other entity), ] (the belief that one possesses special power or influence beyond one's actual limits), ] (the belief that one's thoughts are audible) and ] (the belief that one's thoughts are not one's own). A delusion may also involve ] of objects, persons, or environs that the afflicted should reasonably be able to recognize; such examples include ] (the belief that oneself is partly or wholly ]) and ] (the belief that oneself is or has transformed into an animal).
Auditory hallucinations, particularly the experience of hearing voices, is a common and often prominent feature of psychosis. Hallucinated voices may talk about, or to the person, and may involve several speakers with distinct personas. Auditory hallucinations tend to be particularly distressing when they are derogatory, commanding or preoccupying.


The subject matter of delusions seems to reflect the current culture in a particular time and location. For example, in the US, during the early 1900s syphilis was a common topic, during the Second World War Germany, during the Cold War communists, and in recent years, technology has been a focus.<ref name="Cannon Kramer pp. 323–327">{{cite journal | vauthors = Cannon BJ, Kramer LM | title = Delusion content across the 20th century in an American psychiatric hospital | journal = The International Journal of Social Psychiatry | volume = 58 | issue = 3 | pages = 323–327 | date = May 2012 | pmid = 21421637 | doi = 10.1177/0020764010396413 | publisher = SAGE Publications | s2cid = 42421925 }}</ref> Some psychologists, such as those who practice the ] method, believe that the content of psychosis represents an underlying thought process that may, in part, be responsible for psychosis,<ref name="Seikkula, Birgitta Alakare, Jukka A 2001 pp. 247–265">{{cite journal| vauthors = Seikkula J, Alakare B, Aaltonen J |title=Open Dialogue in Psychosis I: An Introduction and Case Illustration |journal=Journal of Constructivist Psychology |volume=14 |issue=4 |year=2001 |pages=247–265 |issn=1072-0537|doi=10.1080/10720530125965|s2cid=216136239 }}</ref> though the accepted medical position is that psychosis is due to a brain disorder.{{Citation needed|date=November 2022}}
===Delusions and paranoia===
Psychosis may involve ] or ] beliefs. ] classified psychotic delusions into ''primary'' and ''secondary'' types. Primary delusions are defined as arising out-of-the-blue and not being comprehensible in terms of normal mental processes, whereas secondary delusions may be understood as being influenced by the person's background or current situation.


Historically, ] classified psychotic delusions into ''primary'' and ''secondary'' types. Primary delusions are defined as arising suddenly and not being comprehensible in terms of normal mental processes, whereas secondary delusions are typically understood as being influenced by the person's background or current situation (e.g., ethnicity; also religious, superstitious, or political beliefs).<ref name=Jaspers>{{cite book | vauthors = Jaspers K |author-link=Karl Jaspers | translator-last1 = Hoenig J, Hamilton M | language = German |title=Allgemeine Psychopathologie | trans-title = General Psychopathology |orig-year=1963 | edition = Reprint |date=1997-11-27 |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press |location=Baltimore, Maryland |isbn=978-0-8018-5775-1}}</ref>
===Thought disorder===
] describes an underlying disturbance to conscious thought and is classified largely by its effects on speech and writing. Affected persons may show pressure of speech (speaking incessantly and quickly), derailment or flight of ideas (switching topic mid-sentence or inappropriately), thought blocking, rhyming or punning.


=== Disorganization of speech/thought or behavior ===
===Lack of insight===
Disorganization is split into disorganized speech (or thought), and grossly disorganized motor behavior. Disorganized speech or thought, also called formal ], is disorganization of thinking that is ''inferred'' from speech. Characteristics of disorganized speech include rapidly switching topics, called derailment or loose association; switching to topics that are unrelated, called tangential thinking; incomprehensible speech, called ] or incoherence. Disorganized motor behavior includes repetitive, odd, or sometimes purposeless movement. Disorganized motor behavior rarely includes catatonia, and although it was a historically prominent symptom, it is rarely seen today. Whether this is due to historically used treatments or the lack thereof is unknown.<ref name="Sadock Psychosis"/><ref name="DSM"/>
One important and puzzling feature of psychosis is usually an accompanying lack of insight into the unusual, strange or bizarre nature of the person's experience or behaviour. Even in the case of an acute psychosis, the sufferer may seem completely unaware that their vivid hallucinations and impossible delusions are in any way unrealistic. This is not an absolute, however; insight can vary between individuals and throughout the duration of the psychotic episode.


] describes a profoundly agitated state in which the experience of reality is generally considered impaired. There are two primary manifestations of catatonic behavior. The classic presentation is a person who does not move or interact with the world in any way while awake. This type of catatonia presents with ]. Waxy flexibility is when someone physically moves part of a catatonic person's body and the person stays in the position even if it is bizarre and otherwise nonfunctional (such as moving a person's arm straight up in the air and the arm staying there).
In some cases, particularly with auditory and visual hallucinations, the patient has good insight and this makes the psychotic experience even more terrifying in that the patient realizes that he should not be hearing voices, but does.


The other type of catatonia is more of an outward presentation of the profoundly agitated state described above. It involves excessive and purposeless motor behaviour, as well as an extreme mental preoccupation that prevents an intact experience of reality. An example is someone walking very fast in circles to the exclusion of anything else with a level of mental preoccupation (meaning not focused on anything relevant to the situation) that was not typical of the person prior to the symptom onset. In both types of catatonia, there is generally no reaction to anything that happens outside of them. It is important to distinguish catatonic agitation from severe bipolar mania, although someone could have both.
==Medical understanding of psychosis==
There are a number of possible causes for psychosis. Psychosis may be the result of an underlying mental illness such as ] (also known as manic depression), and ]. Psychosis may also be triggered or exacerbated by severe mental stress and high doses or chronic use of drugs such as ], ], ], ] or ]. However, incidence of psychosis resulting from a single administration of any drug is rare, although cases have been reported in the medical literature suggesting a person's sensitivities to new compounds can be unpredictable. As can be seen from the wide variety of illnesses and conditions in which psychosis has been reported to arise (including for example, ], ], ] and even ]) there is no singular cause of a psychotic episode.


=== Negative symptoms ===
The division of the major psychoses into ] (now called ]) and dementia praecox (now called ]) was made by ], who attempted to create a synthesis of the various mental disorders identified by ] ], by grouping diseases together based on classification of common symptoms. Kraepelin used the term 'manic depressive insanity' to describe the whole spectrum of ]s, in a far wider sense than it is usually used today. In Kraepelin's classification this would include 'unipolar' ], as well as ] and other mood disorders such as ]. These are characterised by problems with mood control and the psychotic episodes appear associated with disturbances in mood, and patients will often have periods of normal functioning between psychotic episodes even without medication. Schizophrenia is characterized by psychotic episodes which appear to be unrelated to disturbances in mood, and most non-medicated patients will show signs of disturbance between psychotic episodes.
{{See also|Clouding of consciousness|Depression (mood)}}
Negative symptoms include ], ] (]), and ] (poverty of speech, ]). Individuals with this condition lack interest and spontaneity, and have the ] (]).<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Lyne J, O'Donoghue B, Roche E, Renwick L, Cannon M, Clarke M | title = Negative symptoms of psychosis: A life course approach and implications for prevention and treatment | journal = Early Intervention in Psychiatry | volume = 12 | issue = 4 | pages = 561–571 | date = August 2018 | pmid = 29076240 | doi = 10.1111/eip.12501 | s2cid = 38777906 | hdl = 11343/293781 | url = https://pure.manchester.ac.uk/ws/files/59921199/Negative_Symtpoms_Accepted_Revision.pdf | hdl-access = free }}</ref> Altered Behavioral Inhibition System functioning could possibly cause reduced sustained attention in psychosis and overall contribute to more negative reactions.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Osborne |first1=K. Juston |last2=Zhang |first2=Wendy |last3=Gupta |first3=Tina |last4=Farrens |first4=Jaclyn |last5=Geiger |first5=McKena |last6=Kraus |first6=Brian |last7=Krugel |first7=Chloe |last8=Nusslock |first8=Robin |last9=Kappenman |first9=Emily S. |last10=Mittal |first10=Vijay A. |date=November 2023 |title=Clinical high risk for psychosis syndrome is associated with reduced neural responding to unpleasant images. |journal=Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science |language=en |volume=132 |issue=8 |pages=1060–1071 |doi=10.1037/abn0000862 |pmid=37796541 |s2cid=263669772 |issn=2769-755X|doi-access=free }}</ref>


=== Psychosis in adolescents ===
Psychotic episodes may vary in duration between individuals. In ], the psychotic episode is related directly to a specific stressful life event so patients may spontaneously recover normal functioning within two weeks. In some rare cases, individuals may remain in a state of full blown psychosis for many years, or perhaps have attenuated psychotic symptoms (such as low intensity hallucinations) present at most times.
Psychosis is rare in adolescents.<ref name=":3">{{cite journal | vauthors = Datta SS, Daruvala R, Kumar A | title = Psychological interventions for psychosis in adolescents | journal = The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews | volume = 7 | pages = CD009533 | date = July 2020 | issue = 7 | pmid = 32633858 | pmc = 7388907 | doi = 10.1002/14651858.CD009533.pub2 | collaboration = Cochrane Schizophrenia Group }}</ref> Young people who have psychosis may have trouble connecting with the world around them and may experience hallucinations or delusions.<ref name=":3" /> Adolescents with psychosis may also have cognitive deficits that may make it harder for the youth to socialize and work.<ref name=":3" /> Potential impairments include reduced speed of mental processing, ability to focus without getting distracted (limited ]), and deficits in ].<ref name=":3" /> If an adolescent is experiencing psychosis, they most likely have comorbidity, meaning that they could have multiple mental illnesses.<ref name=":11">{{cite journal | vauthors = Joyce EM | title = Organic psychosis: The pathobiology and treatment of delusions | journal = CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics | volume = 24 | issue = 7 | pages = 598–603 | date = July 2018 | pmid = 29766653 | pmc = 6489844 | doi = 10.1111/cns.12973 }}</ref> Because of this, it may be difficult to determine whether it is psychosis or autism spectrum disorder, social or generalized anxiety disorder, or obsessive-compulsive disorder.<ref name=":11" />


== Causes ==
Patients who are undergoing a brief psychotic episode may have many of the same symptoms as a person who is psychotic as a result of (for example) schizophrenia, and this fact has been used to support the notion that psychosis is primarily a breakdown in some specific biological system in the brain. The ] was an early, and still popular, example of a theory based on this assumption. However, it is controversial how much weight should be given to such exclusively biological theories as it has become clearer that a wide range of influences (including environmental, social and childhood development factors) may contribute to the final experience of psychosis.
The symptoms of psychosis may be caused by serious ] such as ], a number of medical illnesses, and ]. Psychosis may also be temporary or transient, and be caused by medications or ] (]).


=== Normal states ===
It has also been argued that psychosis exists on a continuum as everybody may have some unusual and potentially reality-distorting experiences in their life. This has been backed up by research showing that experiences such as hallucinations have been experienced by large numbers of the population who may never be impaired or even distressed by their experiences]. In this view, people who are diagnosed with a psychotic illness may simply be one end of a spectrum where the experiences become particularly intense or distressing (see ]).
Brief hallucinations are not uncommon in those without any psychiatric disease, including healthy children. Causes or triggers include:<ref name="Cardinal_2011_diagnosis_psychosis" />
* Falling asleep and waking: ] and ] hallucinations<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Waters F, Blom JD, Dang-Vu TT, Cheyne AJ, Alderson-Day B, Woodruff P, Collerton D | title = What Is the Link Between Hallucinations, Dreams, and Hypnagogic–Hypnopompic Experiences? | journal = Schizophrenia Bulletin | volume = 42 | issue = 5 | pages = 1098–1109 | date = September 2016 | pmid = 27358492 | pmc = 4988750 | doi = 10.1093/schbul/sbw076 }}</ref>
* ], in which hallucinations of a deceased loved one are common<ref name="Cardinal_2011_diagnosis_psychosis" />
* Severe ]<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Waters F, Chiu V, Atkinson A, Blom JD | title = Severe Sleep Deprivation Causes Hallucinations and a Gradual Progression Toward Psychosis With Increasing Time Awake | journal = Frontiers in Psychiatry | volume = 9 | pages = 303 | date = 2018 | pmid = 30042701 | pmc = 6048360 | doi = 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00303 | doi-access = free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Cosgrave J, Wulff K, Gehrman P | title = Sleep, circadian rhythms, and schizophrenia: where we are and where we need to go | language = en-US | journal = Current Opinion in Psychiatry | volume = 31 | issue = 3 | pages = 176–182 | date = May 2018 | pmid = 29537983 | doi = 10.1097/YCO.0000000000000419 | s2cid = 4414751 }}</ref>
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===Psychosis and brain function=== === Trauma and stress ===
Traumatic life events have been linked with an elevated risk of developing psychotic symptoms.<ref name=":1">{{cite journal | vauthors = Gibson LE, Alloy LB, Ellman LM | title = Trauma and the psychosis spectrum: A review of symptom specificity and explanatory mechanisms | journal = Clinical Psychology Review | volume = 49 | pages = 92–105 | date = November 2016 | pmid = 27632064 | pmc = 5157832 | doi = 10.1016/j.cpr.2016.08.003 }}</ref> Childhood trauma has specifically been shown to be a predictor of adolescent and adult psychosis.<ref name=":2">{{cite journal | vauthors = Misiak B, Krefft M, Bielawski T, Moustafa AA, Sąsiadek MM, Frydecka D | title = Toward a unified theory of childhood trauma and psychosis: A comprehensive review of epidemiological, clinical, neuropsychological and biological findings | journal = Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews | volume = 75 | pages = 393–406 | date = April 2017 | pmid = 28216171 | doi = 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.02.015 | s2cid = 21614845 }}</ref> Individuals with psychotic symptoms are three times more likely to have experienced childhood trauma (e.g., physical or sexual abuse, physical or emotional neglect) than those in the general population.<ref name=":2" /> Increased individual vulnerability toward psychosis may interact with traumatic experiences promoting an onset of future psychotic symptoms, particularly during sensitive developmental periods.<ref name=":2" /> Importantly, the relationship between traumatic life events and psychotic symptoms appears to be dose-dependent in which multiple traumatic life events accumulate, compounding symptom expression and severity.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> However, acute, stressful events can also trigger brief psychotic episodes.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/diagnosticstatis0005unse|title=Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders : DSM-5|date=2013|publisher=Arlington, VA : American Psychiatric Association |isbn=978-0-89042-554-1}}</ref> Trauma prevention and early intervention may be an important target for decreasing the incidence of psychotic disorders and ameliorating its effects.<ref name=":1" /> A healthy person could become psychotic if he is placed in an empty room with no light and sound after 15 minutes, a phenomenon known as ].<ref name="Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry" />

], a personality trait associated with vulnerability to stressors, is an independent predictor of the development of psychosis.<ref name="NeuroticismMA">{{cite journal | vauthors = Jeronimus BF, Kotov R, Riese H, Ormel J | title = Neuroticism's prospective association with mental disorders halves after adjustment for baseline symptoms and psychiatric history, but the adjusted association hardly decays with time: a meta-analysis on 59 longitudinal/prospective studies with 443 313 participants | journal = Psychological Medicine | volume = 46 | issue = 14 | pages = 2883–2906 | date = October 2016 | pmid = 27523506 | doi = 10.1017/S0033291716001653 | url = https://zenodo.org/record/895885 | url-status = live | access-date = 2019-07-03 | s2cid = 23548727 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190724213253/https://zenodo.org/record/895885 | archive-date = 2019-07-24 }}</ref>

=== Psychiatric disorders ===
From a diagnostic standpoint, organic disorders were believed to be caused by physical illness affecting the brain (that is, psychiatric disorders secondary to other conditions) while functional disorders were considered disorders of the functioning of the mind in the absence of physical disorders (that is, primary psychological or psychiatric disorders). Subtle physical abnormalities have been found in illnesses traditionally considered functional, such as ]. The ] avoids the functional/organic distinction, and instead lists traditional psychotic illnesses, psychosis due to general medical conditions, and substance-induced psychosis.

Primary psychiatric causes of psychosis include the following:<ref name="ICD-10">], {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041017011412/http://www.who.int/classifications/icd/en/bluebook.pdf |date=2004-10-17 }}, 1992.</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/diagnosticstatis0005unse|title=Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders : DSM-5|date=2013|publisher=Arlington, VA : American Psychiatric Association| via = Internet Archive|isbn=978-0-89042-554-1}}</ref><ref name="Cardinal_2011_diagnosis_psychosis">{{cite book | vauthors = Cardinal RN, Bullmore, ET | title = The Diagnosis of Psychosis | publisher = Cambridge University Press | date = 2011 | isbn = 978-0-521-16484-9 }}</ref>
* ]
* ] including ] and ] in the ] and ]s of ] and depressive episodes of both ] and ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
Psychotic symptoms may also be seen in:<ref name="Cardinal_2011_diagnosis_psychosis" />
* ] including ] and ]
* ]
* ]
* ].<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Renard SB, Huntjens RJ, Lysaker PH, Moskowitz A, Aleman A, Pijnenborg GH | title = Unique and Overlapping Symptoms in Schizophrenia Spectrum and Dissociative Disorders in Relation to Models of Psychopathology: A Systematic Review | journal = Schizophrenia Bulletin | volume = 43 | issue = 1 | pages = 108–121 | date = January 2017 | pmid = 27209638 | pmc = 5216848 | doi = 10.1093/schbul/sbw063 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Seeman MV | title = Eating disorders and psychosis: Seven hypotheses | journal = World Journal of Psychiatry | volume = 4 | issue = 4 | pages = 112–119 | date = December 2014 | pmid = 25540726 | pmc = 4274583 | doi = 10.5498/wjp.v4.i4.112 | doi-access = free }}</ref>

==== Subtypes ====
Subtypes of psychosis include:
* ], occurring shortly after ], primarily associated with maternal ]
* ]s
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]

==== Cycloid psychosis ====
Cycloid psychosis is typically an acute, self-limiting form of psychosis with psychotic and mood symptoms that progress from normal to full-blown, usually between a few hours to days, and not related to drug intake or ].<ref name=":0">{{cite journal | vauthors = El-Mallakh RS, Furdek C | title = Cycloid Psychosis | journal = The American Journal of Psychiatry | volume = 175 | issue = 6 | pages = 502–505 | date = June 2018 | pmid = 29869551 | doi = 10.1176/appi.ajp.2017.17030282 | doi-access = free }}</ref> While proposed as a distinct entity, clinically separate from schizophrenia and affective disorders, cycloid psychosis is not formally acknowledged by current ICD or DSM criteria.<ref name=":0" /> Its unclear place in psychiatric nosology has likely contributed to the limited scientific investigation and literature on the topic.

==== Postpartum psychosis ====
] is a rare yet serious and debilitating form of psychosis.<ref name=":10">{{cite journal | vauthors = VanderKruik R, Barreix M, Chou D, Allen T, Say L, Cohen LS | title = The global prevalence of postpartum psychosis: a systematic review | journal = BMC Psychiatry | volume = 17 | issue = 1 | pages = 272 | date = July 2017 | pmid = 28754094 | pmc = 5534064 | doi = 10.1186/s12888-017-1427-7 | doi-access = free }}</ref> Symptoms range from fluctuating moods and insomnia to mood-incongruent delusions related to the individual or the infant.<ref name=":10" /> Women experiencing postpartum psychosis are at increased risk for suicide or infanticide. Many women who experience first-time psychosis from postpartum often have bipolar disorder, meaning they could experience an increase of psychotic episodes even after postpartum.<ref name=":10" />

=== Medical conditions ===
A very large number of medical conditions can cause psychosis, sometimes called ''secondary psychosis''.<ref name="Cardinal_2011_diagnosis_psychosis" /> Examples include:
* disorders causing '']'' (''toxic psychosis''), in which consciousness is disturbed
* neurodevelopmental disorders and chromosomal abnormalities, including ]
* neurodegenerative disorders, such as ], ], and ]<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Karameh WK, Murari G, Schweizer TA, Munoz DG, Fischer CE | title = Psychosis in neurodegenerative disorders: recent developments | language = en-US | journal = Current Opinion in Psychiatry | volume = 32 | issue = 2 | pages = 117–122 | date = March 2019 | pmid = 30520740 | doi = 10.1097/YCO.0000000000000476 | s2cid = 54560300 }}</ref>
* focal neurological disease, such as ], ]s,<ref name="Brain_tumor">{{cite journal | vauthors = Lisanby SH, Kohler C, Swanson CL, Gur RE | title = Psychosis Secondary to Brain Tumor | journal = Seminars in Clinical Neuropsychiatry | volume = 3 | issue = 1 | pages = 12–22 | date = January 1998 | pmid = 10085187 }}</ref> ],<ref name="Continuum" /> and some forms of ]
* malignancy (typically via masses in the brain, ]s)<ref name="Continuum" />
* infectious and postinfectious syndromes, including infections causing ], ], ],<ref name="Munjal 681–712">{{cite journal | vauthors = Munjal S, Ferrando SJ, Freyberg Z | title = Neuropsychiatric Aspects of Infectious Diseases: An Update | journal = Critical Care Clinics | volume = 33 | issue = 3 | pages = 681–712 | date = July 2017 | pmid = 28601141 | pmc = 5771230 | doi = 10.1016/j.ccc.2017.03.007 }}</ref> ],<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Nevin RL, Croft AM | title = Psychiatric effects of malaria and anti-malarial drugs: historical and modern perspectives | journal = Malaria Journal | volume = 15 | pages = 332 | date = June 2016 | pmid = 27335053 | pmc = 4918116 | doi = 10.1186/s12936-016-1391-6 | doi-access = free }}</ref> ]<ref name="Munjal 681–712" />
* endocrine disease, such as ], ], ], ] and ];<ref name=":6" /> sex hormones also affect psychotic symptoms and sometimes giving birth can provoke psychosis, termed ]<ref name=":7" />
* inborn errors of metabolism, such as Wilson's disease, porphyria, and homocysteinemia.<ref>{{Cite journal| vauthors = Turkel SB, Wong D, Randolph L |date=2020-09-01|title=Psychiatric Symptoms Associated with Inborn Errors of Metabolism |journal=SN Comprehensive Clinical Medicine|language=en|volume=2|issue=9|pages=1646–1660|doi=10.1007/s42399-020-00403-z|s2cid=221130135|issn=2523-8973}}</ref>
* nutritional deficiency, such as ]<ref name="Griswold" />
* other acquired metabolic disorders, including ] disturbances such as ], ], ], ], ], ], ], and ], but also ], ], and failure of the ] or ]s<ref name=":6">{{cite journal | vauthors = Skikic M, Arriola JA | title = First Episode Psychosis Medical Workup: Evidence-Informed Recommendations and Introduction to a Clinically Guided Approach | language = English | journal = Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America | volume = 29 | issue = 1 | pages = 15–28 | date = January 2020 | pmid = 31708044 | doi = 10.1016/j.chc.2019.08.010 | s2cid = 207965670 }}</ref><ref name="Griswold"/>
* ] and related disorders, such as ] (lupus, SLE), ], ], ], and ]<ref name="LosurdoPrincipi2018">{{cite journal | vauthors = Losurdo G, Principi M, Iannone A, Amoruso A, Ierardi E, Di Leo A, Barone M | title = Extra-intestinal manifestations of non-celiac gluten sensitivity: An expanding paradigm | journal = World Journal of Gastroenterology | volume = 24 | issue = 14 | pages = 1521–1530 | date = April 2018 | pmid = 29662290 | pmc = 5897856 | doi = 10.3748/wjg.v24.i14.1521 | type = Review | doi-access = free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Najjar S, Steiner J, Najjar A, Bechter K | title = A clinical approach to new-onset psychosis associated with immune dysregulation: the concept of autoimmune psychosis | journal = Journal of Neuroinflammation | volume = 15 | issue = 1 | pages = 40 | date = February 2018 | pmid = 29433523 | pmc = 5809809 | doi = 10.1186/s12974-018-1067-y | doi-access = free }}</ref>
* poisoning by a range of plants, fungi, metals, organic compounds, and a few animal toxins<ref name="Cardinal_2011_diagnosis_psychosis" />
* sleep disorders, such as in ] (in which ] intrudes into wakefulness)<ref name="Cardinal_2011_diagnosis_psychosis" />
* parasitic diseases, such as ]

=== Psychoactive drugs ===
{{Main|Substance-induced psychosis}}

Various ] (both legal and illegal) have been implicated in causing, exacerbating, or precipitating psychotic states or disorders in users, with varying levels of evidence. This may be upon intoxication for a more prolonged period after use, or upon ].<ref name="Cardinal_2011_diagnosis_psychosis" /> Individuals who experience substance-induced psychosis tend to have a greater awareness of their psychosis and tend to have higher levels of ] compared to those who have a primary psychotic illness.<ref name="pmid21728034">{{cite journal | vauthors = Grant KM, LeVan TD, Wells SM, Li M, Stoltenberg SF, Gendelman HE, Carlo G, Bevins RA | display-authors = 6 | title = Methamphetamine-associated psychosis | journal = Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology | volume = 7 | issue = 1 | pages = 113–139 | date = March 2012 | pmid = 21728034 | pmc = 3280383 | doi = 10.1007/s11481-011-9288-1 | author6-link = Howard E. Gendelman }}</ref> Drugs commonly alleged to induce psychotic symptoms include ], ], ], ]s, ]s, ]s (such as ] and ]), ] ]s (such as ] and ]) and ]s (such as ] and ]).<ref name="Cardinal_2011_diagnosis_psychosis" /><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Krebs TS, Johansen PØ | title = Psychedelics and mental health: a population study | journal = PLOS ONE | volume = 8 | issue = 8 | pages = e63972 | date = August 2013 | pmid = 23976938 | pmc = 3747247 | doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0063972 | doi-access = free | bibcode = 2013PLoSO...863972K }}</ref> ] may worsen symptoms in those with schizophrenia and cause psychosis at very high doses in people without the condition.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Alasmari F | title = Caffeine induces neurobehavioral effects through modulating neurotransmitters | journal = Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal | volume = 28 | issue = 4 | pages = 445–451 | date = April 2020 | pmid = 32273803 | pmc = 7132598 | doi = 10.1016/j.jsps.2020.02.005 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | vauthors = Beauchamp G, Amaducci A, Cook M |date=2017-09-01|title=Caffeine Toxicity: A Brief Review and Update |journal=Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine|series=Toxicology|language=en|volume=18|issue=3|pages=197–202|doi=10.1016/j.cpem.2017.07.002|issn=1522-8401}}</ref> Cannabis and other illicit recreational drugs are often associated with psychosis in adolescents and cannabis use before 15 years old may increase the risk of psychosis in adulthood.<ref name=":3" />

==== Alcohol ====
{{Further|Long-term effects of alcohol consumption#Mental health effects}}
Approximately three percent of people with ] experience psychosis during acute intoxication or withdrawal. Alcohol related psychosis may manifest itself through a ]. The mechanism of alcohol-related psychosis is due to the ] resulting in distortions to neuronal membranes, ], as well as ] deficiency. It is possible that hazardous alcohol use via a kindling mechanism can cause the development of a chronic substance-induced psychotic disorder, i.e. schizophrenia. The effects of an alcohol-related psychosis include an increased risk of depression and suicide as well as causing psychosocial impairments.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Castillo-Carniglia A, Keyes KM, Hasin DS, Cerdá M | title = Psychiatric comorbidities in alcohol use disorder | journal = The Lancet. Psychiatry | volume = 6 | issue = 12 | pages = 1068–1080 | date = December 2019 | pmid = 31630984 | pmc = 7006178 | doi = 10.1016/S2215-0366(19)30222-6 }}</ref> ], a symptom of chronic alcoholism that can appear in the acute withdrawal phase, shares many symptoms with alcohol-related psychosis suggesting a common mechanism.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Jordaan GP, Emsley R | title = Alcohol-induced psychotic disorder: a review | journal = Metabolic Brain Disease | volume = 29 | issue = 2 | pages = 231–243 | date = June 2014 | pmid = 24307180 | doi = 10.1007/s11011-013-9457-4 | url = http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s11011-013-9457-4 | access-date = 2021-01-20 | url-status = live | s2cid = 17239167 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211018155817/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11011-013-9457-4 | archive-date = 2021-10-18 }}</ref>

==== Cannabis ====
{{Further|Causes of schizophrenia#Cannabis|Long-term effects of cannabis#Chronic psychosis and schizophrenia spectrum disorders}}
According to current studies, cannabis use is associated with increased risk of psychotic disorders, and the more often cannabis is used the more likely a person is to develop a psychotic illness.<ref name=":8">{{cite journal | vauthors = Hasan A, von Keller R, Friemel CM, Hall W, Schneider M, Koethe D, Leweke FM, Strube W, Hoch E | display-authors = 6 | title = Cannabis use and psychosis: a review of reviews | journal = European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience | volume = 270 | issue = 4 | pages = 403–412 | date = June 2020 | pmid = 31563981 | doi = 10.1007/s00406-019-01068-z | s2cid = 203567900 }}</ref> Furthermore, people with a history of cannabis use develop psychotic symptoms earlier than those who have never used cannabis.<ref name=":8" /> Some debate exists regarding the causal relationship between cannabis use and psychosis with some studies suggesting that cannabis use hastens the onset of psychosis primarily in those with pre-existing vulnerability.<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Ortiz-Medina MB, Perea M, Torales J, Ventriglio A, Vitrani G, Aguilar L, Roncero C | title = Cannabis consumption and psychosis or schizophrenia development | journal = The International Journal of Social Psychiatry | volume = 64 | issue = 7 | pages = 690–704 | date = November 2018 | pmid = 30442059 | doi = 10.1177/0020764018801690 | s2cid = 53563635 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Hamilton I, Monaghan M | title = Cannabis and Psychosis: Are We any Closer to Understanding the Relationship? | journal = Current Psychiatry Reports | volume = 21 | issue = 7 | pages = 48 | date = June 2019 | pmid = 31161275 | pmc = 6546656 | doi = 10.1007/s11920-019-1044-x }}</ref> Indeed, cannabis use plays an important role in the development of psychosis in vulnerable individuals, and cannabis use in adolescence should be discouraged.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = van der Steur SJ, Batalla A, Bossong MG | title = Factors Moderating the Association Between Cannabis Use and Psychosis Risk: A Systematic Review | journal = Brain Sciences | volume = 10 | issue = 2 | pages = 97 | date = February 2020 | pmid = 32059350 | pmc = 7071602 | doi = 10.3390/brainsci10020097 | doi-access = free }}</ref> Some studies indicate that the effects of two active compounds in cannabis, ] (THC) and ] (CBD), have opposite effects with respect to psychosis. While THC can induce psychotic symptoms in healthy individuals, limited evidence suggests that CBD may have antipsychotic effects.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Chesney E, Oliver D, McGuire P | title = Cannabidiol (CBD) as a novel treatment in the early phases of psychosis | journal = Psychopharmacology | date = July 2021 | volume = 239 | issue = 5 | pages = 1179–1190 | pmid = 34255100 | doi = 10.1007/s00213-021-05905-9 | pmc = 9110455 | s2cid = 235807339 }}</ref>

==== Methamphetamine ====
{{Main|Stimulant psychosis}}

] induces a psychosis in 26–46 percent of heavy users. Some of these people develop a long-lasting psychosis that can persist for longer than six months. Those who have had a short-lived psychosis from methamphetamine can have a relapse of the methamphetamine psychosis years later after a stressful event such as severe insomnia or a period of hazardous alcohol use despite not relapsing back to methamphetamine.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Shin EJ, Dang DK, Tran TV, Tran HQ, Jeong JH, Nah SY, Jang CG, Yamada K, Nabeshima T, Kim HC | display-authors = 6 | title = Current understanding of methamphetamine-associated dopaminergic neurodegeneration and psychotoxic behaviors | journal = Archives of Pharmacal Research | volume = 40 | issue = 4 | pages = 403–428 | date = April 2017 | pmid = 28243833 | doi = 10.1007/s12272-017-0897-y | s2cid = 22791168 }}</ref> Individuals who have a long history of methamphetamine use and who have experienced psychosis in the past from methamphetamine use are highly likely to re-experience methamphetamine psychosis if drug use is recommenced. Methamphetamine-induced psychosis is likely gated by genetic vulnerability, which can produce long-term changes in brain neurochemistry following repetitive use.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Greening DW, Notaras M, Chen M, Xu R, Smith JD, Cheng L, Simpson RJ, Hill AF, van den Buuse M | display-authors = 6 | title = Chronic methamphetamine interacts with BDNF Val66Met to remodel psychosis pathways in the mesocorticolimbic proteome | journal = Molecular Psychiatry | volume = 26 | issue = 8 | pages = 4431–4447 | date = August 2021 | pmid = 31822818 | doi = 10.1038/s41380-019-0617-8 | url = https://www.nature.com/articles/s41380-019-0617-8 | access-date = 2020-01-05 | url-status = live | s2cid = 209169489 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200806232220/https://www.nature.com/articles/s41380-019-0617-8 | archive-date = 2020-08-06 }}</ref>

==== Psychedelics ====
A 2024 study found that ] use may potentially reduce, or have no effect on, psychotic symptoms in individuals with a personal or family history of psychotic disorders.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Honk |first1=Ludwig |last2=Stenfors |first2=Cecilia U. D. |last3=Goldberg |first3=Simon B. |last4=Hendricks |first4=Peter S. |last5=Osika |first5=Walter |last6=Dourron |first6=Haley Maria |last7=Lebedev |first7=Alexander |last8=Petrovic |first8=Predrag |last9=Simonsson |first9=Otto |date=2024-04-15 |title=Longitudinal associations between psychedelic use and psychotic symptoms in the United States and the United Kingdom |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0165032724002180 |journal=Journal of Affective Disorders |volume=351 |pages=194–201 |doi=10.1016/j.jad.2024.01.197 |pmid=38280572 |pmc=10922895 |pmc-embargo-date=April 15, 2025 |issn=0165-0327}}</ref> A 2023 study found an interaction between lifetime psychedelic use and family history of psychosis or bipolar disorder on psychotic symptoms over the past two weeks. Psychotic symptoms were highest among individuals with both a family history of psychosis or bipolar disorder and lifetime psychedelic use, while they were lowest among those with lifetime psychedelic use but no family history of these disorders.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Simonsson |first1=Otto |last2=Goldberg |first2=Simon B. |last3=Chambers |first3=Richard |last4=Osika |first4=Walter |last5=Simonsson |first5=Charlotta |last6=Hendricks |first6=Peter S. |date=2023-10-24 |title=Psychedelic use and psychiatric risks |journal=Psychopharmacology |language=en |doi=10.1007/s00213-023-06478-5 |issn=1432-2072 |pmc=11039563 |pmid=37874345|pmc-embargo-date=April 24, 2025 }}</ref>

=== Medication ===
Administration, or sometimes withdrawal, of a large number of medications may provoke psychotic symptoms.<ref name="Cardinal_2011_diagnosis_psychosis" /> Drugs that can induce psychosis experimentally or in a significant proportion of people include:
* stimulants, such as ] and other ],
* ] agonists,
* ],
* ]s (often with mood changes in addition),
* and some anticonvulsants such as ].<ref>{{Cite journal| vauthors = Guadalupe MT, Páramo IA |date=2020-03-23|title=Corticosteroid-induced psychosis: Case report and review of the literature |journal=European Psychiatry|language=en|volume=41|issue=S1|pages=s840|doi=10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.01.1659|s2cid=232174454|issn=0924-9338}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal| vauthors = Gray LA |date=2020-03-01|title=Anticonvulsant toxicity |journal=Medicine|language=en|volume=48|issue=3|pages=192–193|doi=10.1016/j.mpmed.2019.12.011|s2cid=243053658|issn=1357-3039}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Ward K, Citrome L | title = Lisdexamfetamine: chemistry, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, and clinical efficacy, safety, and tolerability in the treatment of binge eating disorder | journal = Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology | volume = 14 | issue = 2 | pages = 229–238 | date = February 2018 | pmid = 29258368 | doi = 10.1080/17425255.2018.1420163 | s2cid = 3494618 }}</ref>

== Pathophysiology ==
=== Neuroimaging ===
The first brain image of an individual with psychosis was completed as far back as 1935 using a technique called ]<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Moore MT, Nathan D, Elliott AR, Laubach C |title=Encephalographic studies in mental disease |journal=American Journal of Psychiatry|volume=92|issue=1|pages=43–67|doi= 10.1176/ajp.92.1.43|year=1935 }}</ref> (a painful and now obsolete procedure where ] is drained from around the brain and replaced with air to allow the structure of the brain to show up more clearly on an ] picture).

Both ], and high risk status is associated with reductions in grey matter volume (GMV). First episode psychotic and high risk populations are associated with similar but distinct abnormalities in GMV. Reductions in the right ], right ] (STG), right ], right ], right ], and left ] (ACC) are observed in high risk populations. Reductions in first episode psychosis span a region from the right STG to the right insula, left insula, and cerebellum, and are more severe in the right ACC, right STG, insula and cerebellum.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Fusar-Poli P, Radua J, McGuire P, Borgwardt S | title = Neuroanatomical maps of psychosis onset: voxel-wise meta-analysis of antipsychotic-naive VBM studies | journal = Schizophrenia Bulletin | volume = 38 | issue = 6 | pages = 1297–1307 | date = November 2012 | pmid = 22080494 | pmc = 3494061 | doi = 10.1093/schbul/sbr134 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Palaniyappan L, Balain V, Liddle PF | title = The neuroanatomy of psychotic diathesis: a meta-analytic review | journal = Journal of Psychiatric Research | volume = 46 | issue = 10 | pages = 1249–1256 | date = October 2012 | pmid = 22790253 | doi = 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2012.06.007 }}</ref>

Another meta analysis reported bilateral reductions in insula, operculum, STG, medial frontal cortex, and ACC, but also reported increased GMV in the right ] and left ].<ref name="Radua">{{cite journal | vauthors = Radua J, Borgwardt S, Crescini A, Mataix-Cols D, Meyer-Lindenberg A, McGuire PK, Fusar-Poli P | title = Multimodal meta-analysis of structural and functional brain changes in first episode psychosis and the effects of antipsychotic medication | journal = Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews | volume = 36 | issue = 10 | pages = 2325–2333 | date = November 2012 | pmid = 22910680 | doi = 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2012.07.012 | quote = Patients with an FEP showed large and robust bilateral decreases of GMV in a peri-Sylvian cluster that included the insula, operculum and the superior temporal gyrus, and in the medial frontal and anterior cingulate cortices (MeF/ACC) (Fig. 2A and Supplementary Table S2). Patients had relatively greater GMV than controls in the right lingual gyrus and left precentral gyrus. | doi-access = free }}</ref> The ] is made questionable{{Clarify | date = November 2019 | reason = Non sequitur. Also, even the provided link doesn't clarify why GMV abnormalities would make the Kraepelinian dichotomy, which also separates schizophrenia from bipolar disorder, questionable. }} by grey matter abnormalities in bipolar and schizophrenia; schizophrenia is distinguishable from bipolar in that regions of grey matter reduction are generally larger in magnitude, although adjusting for gender differences reduces the difference to the left ], and right ].<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Bora E, Fornito A, Yücel M, Pantelis C | title = The effects of gender on grey matter abnormalities in major psychoses: a comparative voxelwise meta-analysis of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder | journal = Psychological Medicine | volume = 42 | issue = 2 | pages = 295–307 | date = February 2012 | pmid = 21835091 | doi = 10.1017/S0033291711001450 | s2cid = 206252132 }}</ref>

During attentional tasks, first episode psychosis is associated with hypoactivation in the right middle frontal gyrus, a region generally described as encompassing the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC).Altered Behavioral Inhibition System functioning could possibly cause reduced sustained attention in psychosis and overall contribute to more negative reactions.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Osborne |first1=K. Juston |last2=Zhang |first2=Wendy |last3=Gupta |first3=Tina |last4=Farrens |first4=Jaclyn |last5=Geiger |first5=McKena |last6=Kraus |first6=Brian |last7=Krugel |first7=Chloe |last8=Nusslock |first8=Robin |last9=Kappenman |first9=Emily S. |last10=Mittal |first10=Vijay A. |date=November 2023 |title=Clinical high risk for psychosis syndrome is associated with reduced neural responding to unpleasant images. |journal=Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science |language=en |volume=132 |issue=8 |pages=1060–1071 |doi=10.1037/abn0000862 |pmid=37796541 |issn=2769-755X|doi-access=free }}</ref> In congruence with studies on grey matter volume, hypoactivity in the right insula, and right inferior parietal lobe is also reported.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Del Casale A, Kotzalidis GD, Rapinesi C, Sorice S, Girardi N, Ferracuti S, Girardi P | title = Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Correlates of First-Episode Psychoses during Attentional and Memory Task Performance | journal = Neuropsychobiology | volume = 74 | issue = 1 | pages = 22–31 | date = 2016 | pmid = 27698323 | doi = 10.1159/000448620 | s2cid = 5806628 }}</ref> During cognitive tasks, hypoactivities in the right insula, dACC, and the left precuneus, as well as reduced deactivations in the right ], right ], right ] and left precentral gyri are observed. These results are highly consistent and replicable possibly except the abnormalities of the right inferior frontal gyrus.<ref>{{harvnb|Radua|Borgwardt|Crescini|Mataix-Cols|2012|loc=3.3. Changes in regional brain response to cognitive tasks.}} "In the anterior part of the right insula and in the dorsal ACC there was hypoactivation relative to controls, whereas in the right basal ganglia/thalamus extending to the posterior part of the insula and in the medial frontal cortex, there was a relative reduction in deactivation... Patients also showed reductions in deactivation in the right inferior frontal and left precentral gyri, as well as hypoactivation in left precuneus. ... The analyses of robustness showed that all these results were highly replicable, with the possible exception of the abnormalities in right inferior frontal gyrus..."</ref> Decreased grey matter volume in conjunction with bilateral hypoactivity is observed in anterior insula, dorsal medial frontal cortex, and dorsal ACC. Decreased grey matter volume and bilateral hyperactivity is reported in posterior insula, ventral medial frontal cortex, and ventral ACC.<ref>{{Harvnb|Radua|Borgwardt|Crescini|Mataix-Cols|2012|loc=3.4. Multimodal analysis of grey matter volume and brain response.}} "Specifically, the anterior parts of the insulae and the dorsal part of the MeF/ACC showed hypoactivation, whereas the posterior parts of the insulae and the ventral part of the MeF/ACC showed reductions in deactivation (Fig. 3 and Table 1)."</ref>

=== Hallucinations ===
Studies during acute experiences of hallucinations demonstrate increased activity in primary or secondary sensory cortices. As auditory hallucinations are most common in psychosis, most robust evidence exists for increased activity in the left ], left ], and left ] (i.e. ]). Activity in the ], ], and ACC are related to the lucidity of hallucinations, and indicate that activation or involvement of emotional circuitry are key to the impact of abnormal activity in sensory cortices. Together, these findings indicate abnormal processing of internally generated sensory experiences, coupled with abnormal emotional processing, results in hallucinations. One proposed model involves a failure of feedforward networks from sensory cortices to the inferior frontal cortex, which normally cancel out sensory cortex activity during internally generated speech. The resulting disruption in expected and perceived speech is thought to produce lucid hallucinatory experiences.<ref>{{cite book| vauthors = Brown G, Thompson W | veditors = Swerdlow N |title=Behavioral Neurobiology of Schizophrenia and its Treatment|publisher=Springer|pages=185–189|chapter=Functional Brain Imaging in Schizophrenia: Selected Results and Methods}}</ref>

=== Delusions ===
The two-factor model of delusions posits that dysfunction in both belief formation systems and belief evaluation systems are necessary for delusions. Dysfunction in evaluations systems localized to the right lateral prefrontal cortex, regardless of delusion content, is supported by neuroimaging studies and is congruent with its role in conflict monitoring in healthy persons. Abnormal activation and reduced volume is seen in people with delusions, as well as in disorders associated with delusions such as ], psychosis and ]. Furthermore, lesions to this region are associated with "jumping to conclusions", damage to this region is associated with post-stroke delusions, and hypometabolism this region associated with caudate strokes presenting with delusions.

The ] suggests that delusions are a result of people assigning excessive importance to irrelevant stimuli. In support of this hypothesis, regions normally associated with the ] demonstrate reduced grey matter in people with delusions, and the neurotransmitter ], which is widely implicated in salience processing, is also widely implicated in psychotic disorders.

Specific regions have been associated with specific types of delusions. The volume of the hippocampus and parahippocampus is related to paranoid delusions in ], and has been reported to be abnormal post mortem in one person with delusions. ]s have been associated with occipito-temporal damage, and may be related to failure to elicit normal emotions or memories in response to faces.<ref>{{cite book | vauthors = Naasan G | chapter=The Anatomy of Delusions | veditors = Lehner T, Miller B, State M | title=Genomics, Circuits, and Pathways in Clinical Neuropsychiatry|publisher=Elsevier Science|pages=366–369}}</ref>

=== Negative symptoms ===
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Psychosis is associated with ] (VS), which is the part of the brain that is involved with the desire to naturally satisfy the body's needs.<ref name=":02">{{cite journal | vauthors = Jensen J, McIntosh AR, Crawley AP, Mikulis DJ, Remington G, Kapur S | title = Direct activation of the ventral striatum in anticipation of aversive stimuli | journal = Neuron | volume = 40 | issue = 6 | pages = 1251–1257 | date = December 2003 | pmid = 14687557 | doi = 10.1016/S0896-6273(03)00724-4 | s2cid = 14691522 | doi-access = free }}</ref> When high reports of ] were recorded, there were significant irregularities in the left VS. Anhedonia, the inability to feel pleasure, is a commonly reported symptom in psychosis; experiences are present in most people with schizophrenia.<ref name=":12">{{Cite journal| vauthors = Germans MK, Kring AM |date=April 2000|title=Hedonic deficit in anhedonia: support for the role of approach motivation|url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0191886999001294|journal=Personality and Individual Differences|language=en|volume=28|issue=4|pages=659–672|doi=10.1016/S0191-8869(99)00129-4|access-date=2021-10-16|archive-date=2018-07-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701042319/https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0191886999001294|url-status=live}}</ref> Anhedonia arises as a result of the inability to feel motivation and drive towards both the desire to engage in as well as to complete tasks and goals. Previous research has indicated that a deficiency in the ] in regards to goals and the motivation to achieve them, has demonstrated that when a reward is not present, a strong reaction is noted in the ventral striatum; reinforcement learning is intact when contingencies about stimulus-reward are implicit, but not when they require explicit neural processing; reward prediction errors are what the actual reward is versus what the reward was predicted to be.<ref name=":22">{{cite journal | vauthors = Schultz W | title = Reward prediction error | journal = Current Biology | volume = 27 | issue = 10 | pages = R369–R371 | date = May 2017 | pmid = 28535383 | doi = 10.1016/j.cub.2017.02.064 | s2cid = 29170534 | doi-access = free | bibcode = 2017CBio...27.R369S }}</ref> In most cases positive prediction errors are considered an abnormal occurrence. A positive prediction error response occurs when there is an increased activation in a brain region, typically the ], in response to unexpected rewards. A negative prediction error response occurs when there is a decreased activation in a region when predicted rewards do not occur. ] response, taken as an indicator of effort allocation, does not increase with reward or reward probability increase, and is associated with negative symptoms; deficits in ] activity and failure to improve performance on cognitive tasks when offered monetary incentives are present; and dopamine mediated functions are abnormal.

=== Neurobiology ===
{{Further|Dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia}}
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Psychosis has been traditionally linked to the overactivity of the ] ]. In particular to its effect in the ]. The two major sources of evidence given to support this theory are that ] blocking drugs (i.e., ]s) tend to reduce the intensity of psychotic symptoms, and that drugs that accentuate dopamine release, or inhibit its reuptake (such as ]s and ]) can trigger psychosis in some people (see ]).<ref name="Kapur">{{cite journal | vauthors = Kapur S, Mizrahi R, Li M | title = From dopamine to salience to psychosis—linking biology, pharmacology and phenomenology of psychosis | journal = Schizophrenia Research | volume = 79 | issue = 1 | pages = 59–68 | date = November 2005 | pmid = 16005191 | doi = 10.1016/j.schres.2005.01.003 | s2cid = 2654713 }}</ref> However, there is substantial evidence that dopaminergic overactivity does not fully explain psychosis, and that neurodegerative pathophysiology plays a significant role. This is evidenced by the fact that psychosis commonly occurs in neurodegenerative diseases of the dopaminergic nervous system, such as Parkinson's disease, which involved reduced, rather than increased, dopaminergic activity.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Fénelon |first1=Gilles |last2=Alves |first2=Guido |date=2010-02-15 |title=Epidemiology of psychosis in Parkinson's disease |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022510X09007679 |journal=Journal of the Neurological Sciences |series=Mental Dysfunction in Parkinson's Disease |volume=289 |issue=1 |pages=12–17 |doi=10.1016/j.jns.2009.08.014 |pmid=19740486 |issn=0022-510X}}</ref>

The ] is also implicated in psychosis. This is evidenced by the propensity of ] agonists such as ] to induce psychotic symptoms,<ref>{{Citation |last=D'Souza |first=Deepak Cyril |title=Cannabinoids and Psychosis |date=2007-01-01 |journal=International Review of Neurobiology |volume=78 |pages=289–326 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0074774206780102 |access-date=2024-11-06 |series=Integrating the Neurobiology of Schizophrenia |publisher=Academic Press|doi=10.1016/S0074-7742(06)78010-2 |pmid=17349865 |isbn=978-0-12-373737-3 }}</ref> and the efficacy of ] antagonists such as ] in ameliorating psychosis.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Chesney |first1=Edward |last2=Oliver |first2=Dominic |last3=McGuire |first3=Philip |date=2022-05-01 |title=Cannabidiol (CBD) as a novel treatment in the early phases of psychosis |journal=Psychopharmacology |language=en |volume=239 |issue=5 |pages=1179–1190 |doi=10.1007/s00213-021-05905-9 |issn=1432-2072 |pmc=9110455 |pmid=34255100}}</ref>

NMDA receptor dysfunction has been proposed as a mechanism in psychosis.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Egerton A, Fusar-Poli P, Stone JM | title = Glutamate and psychosis risk | journal = Current Pharmaceutical Design | volume = 18 | issue = 4 | pages = 466–478 | date = 2012 | pmid = 22239577 | doi = 10.2174/138161212799316244 }}</ref> This theory is reinforced by the fact that ] ]s such as ], ] and ] (at large overdoses) induce a psychotic state. The symptoms of dissociative ] are also considered to mirror the symptoms of schizophrenia, including ].<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Bergeron R, Coyle JT | title = NAAG, NMDA receptor and psychosis | journal = Current Medicinal Chemistry | volume = 19 | issue = 9 | pages = 1360–1364 | date = 2012 | pmid = 22304714 | pmc = 3424071 | doi = 10.2174/092986712799462685 }}</ref> NMDA receptor antagonism, in addition to producing symptoms reminiscent of psychosis, mimics the neurophysiological aspects, such as reduction in the amplitude of ], ], and ] ]s.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Adams RA, Stephan KE, Brown HR, Frith CD, Friston KJ | title = The computational anatomy of psychosis | journal = Frontiers in Psychiatry | volume = 4 | pages = 47 | date = 2013 | pmid = 23750138 | pmc = 3667557 | doi = 10.3389/fpsyt.2013.00047 | doi-access = free }}</ref> Hierarchical Bayesian neurocomputational models of sensory feedback, in agreement with neuroimaging literature, link NMDA receptor hypofunction to delusional or hallucinatory symptoms via proposing a failure of NMDA mediated top down predictions to adequately cancel out enhanced bottom up AMPA mediated predictions errors.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Corlett PR, Frith CD, Fletcher PC | title = From drugs to deprivation: a Bayesian framework for understanding models of psychosis | journal = Psychopharmacology | volume = 206 | issue = 4 | pages = 515–530 | date = November 2009 | pmid = 19475401 | pmc = 2755113 | doi = 10.1007/s00213-009-1561-0 }}</ref> Excessive prediction errors in response to stimuli that would normally not produce such a response is thought to root from conferring excessive salience to otherwise mundane events.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Corlett PR, Honey GD, Krystal JH, Fletcher PC | title = Glutamatergic model psychoses: prediction error, learning, and inference | journal = Neuropsychopharmacology | volume = 36 | issue = 1 | pages = 294–315 | date = January 2011 | pmid = 20861831 | pmc = 3055519 | doi = 10.1038/npp.2010.163 }}</ref> Dysfunction higher up in the hierarchy, where representation is more abstract, could result in delusions.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Corlett PR, Taylor JR, Wang XJ, Fletcher PC, Krystal JH | title = Toward a neurobiology of delusions | journal = Progress in Neurobiology | volume = 92 | issue = 3 | pages = 345–369 | date = November 2010 | pmid = 20558235 | pmc = 3676875 | doi = 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2010.06.007 }}</ref> The common finding of reduced ] expression in psychotic disorders may explain enhanced AMPA mediated signaling, caused by reduced GABAergic inhibition.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Kalkman HO, Loetscher E | title = GAD(67): the link between the GABA-deficit hypothesis and the dopaminergic- and glutamatergic theories of psychosis | journal = Journal of Neural Transmission | volume = 110 | issue = 7 | pages = 803–812 | date = July 2003 | pmid = 12811640 | doi = 10.1007/s00702-003-0826-8 | s2cid = 31685339 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Akbarian S, Huang HS | title = Molecular and cellular mechanisms of altered GAD1/GAD67 expression in schizophrenia and related disorders | journal = Brain Research Reviews | volume = 52 | issue = 2 | pages = 293–304 | date = September 2006 | pmid = 16759710 | doi = 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2006.04.001 | s2cid = 25771139 }}</ref>

The connection between dopamine and psychosis is generally believed to be complex. While dopamine receptor D2 suppresses ] activity, the ] receptor increases it. If D2-blocking drugs are administered, the blocked dopamine spills over to the D1 receptors. The increased adenylate cyclase activity affects ] in the nerve cell, which takes time. Hence antipsychotic drugs take a week or two to reduce the symptoms of psychosis. Moreover, newer and equally effective antipsychotic drugs actually block slightly less dopamine in the brain than older drugs whilst also blocking 5-HT2A receptors, suggesting the 'dopamine hypothesis' may be oversimplified.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Jones HM, Pilowsky LS | title = Dopamine and antipsychotic drug action revisited | journal = The British Journal of Psychiatry | volume = 181 | issue = 4 | pages = 271–275 | date = October 2002 | pmid = 12356650 | doi = 10.1192/bjp.181.4.271 | doi-access = free }}</ref> Soyka and colleagues found no evidence of dopaminergic dysfunction in people with alcohol-induced psychosis<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Soyka M, Zetzsche T, Dresel S, Tatsch K | title = FDG-PET and IBZM-SPECT suggest reduced thalamic activity but no dopaminergic dysfunction in chronic alcohol hallucinosis | journal = The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences | volume = 12 | issue = 2 | pages = 287–288 | date = May 2000 | pmid = 11001615 | doi = 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.12.2.287 }}</ref> and Zoldan et al. reported moderately successful use of ], a 5-HT<sub>3</sub> receptor antagonist, in the treatment of ] psychosis in ] patients.<ref name="Zoldan_et_al_1995">{{cite journal | vauthors = Zoldan J, Friedberg G, Livneh M, Melamed E | title = Psychosis in advanced Parkinson's disease: treatment with ondansetron, a 5-HT3 receptor antagonist | journal = Neurology | volume = 45 | issue = 7 | pages = 1305–1308 | date = July 1995 | pmid = 7617188 | doi = 10.1212/WNL.45.7.1305 | s2cid = 45540572 }}</ref>

A review found an association between a first-episode of psychosis and prediabetes.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Perry BI, McIntosh G, Weich S, Singh S, Rees K | title = The association between first-episode psychosis and abnormal glycaemic control: systematic review and meta-analysis | journal = The Lancet. Psychiatry | volume = 3 | issue = 11 | pages = 1049–1058 | date = November 2016 | pmid = 27720402 | doi = 10.1016/S2215-0366(16)30262-0 | url = http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/84089/1/WRAP-association-episode-abnormal-review-Perry-2016.pdf | access-date = 2019-07-03 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201001200220/http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/84089/1/WRAP-association-episode-abnormal-review-Perry-2016.pdf | archive-date = 2020-10-01 }}</ref>

Prolonged or high dose use of ] can alter normal functioning, making it similar to the manic phase of bipolar disorder.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Curran C, Byrappa N, McBride A | title = Stimulant psychosis: systematic review | journal = The British Journal of Psychiatry | volume = 185 | issue = 3 | pages = 196–204 | date = September 2004 | pmid = 15339823 | doi = 10.1192/bjp.185.3.196 | doi-access = free }}</ref> NMDA antagonists replicate some of the so-called "negative" symptoms like ] in subanesthetic doses (doses insufficient to induce ]), and ] in high doses. Psychostimulants, especially in one already prone to psychotic thinking, can cause some "positive" symptoms, such as delusional beliefs, particularly those persecutory in nature.

=== Culture ===
Cross-cultural studies into schizophrenia have found that individual experiences of psychosis and 'hearing voices' vary across cultures.<ref name=":5">{{cite journal | vauthors = Luhrmann TM, Padmavati R, Tharoor H, Osei A | title = Hearing Voices in Different Cultures: A Social Kindling Hypothesis | journal = Topics in Cognitive Science | volume = 7 | issue = 4 | pages = 646–663 | date = October 2015 | pmid = 26349837 | doi = 10.1111/tops.12158 | doi-access = free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/california/9780520291089.001.0001|title=Our Most Troubling Madness|date=2016-09-27|publisher=University of California Press|doi=10.1525/california/9780520291089.001.0001|isbn=978-0-520-29108-9| veditors = Luhrmann TM, Marrow J |access-date=2021-08-26|archive-date=2021-10-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018155816/https://california.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1525/california/9780520291089.001.0001/upso-9780520291089|url-status=live}}</ref> In countries such as the ] where there exists a predominantly biomedical understanding of the body, the mind and in turn, mental health, subjects were found to report their hallucinations as having 'violent content' and self-describing as 'crazy'.<ref name=":5" /> This lived experience is at odds with the lived experience of subjects in ], who describe the voices they hear as having 'spiritual meaning' and are often reported as positive in nature; or subjects in ], who describe their hallucinations as kin, family members or close friends, and offering guidance.<ref name=":5" />

These differences are attributed to 'social kindling' or how one's social context shapes how an individual interprets and experiences sensations such as hallucinations. This concept aligns with pre-existing cognitive theory such as reality modelling and is supported by recent research that demonstrates that individuals with psychosis can be taught to attend to their hallucinations differently, which in turn alters the hallucinations themselves.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Jenner JA, van de Willige G, Wiersma D | title = Effectiveness of cognitive therapy with coping training for persistent auditory hallucinations: a retrospective study of attenders of a psychiatric out-patient department | journal = Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica | volume = 98 | issue = 5 | pages = 384–389 | date = November 1998 | pmid = 9845177 | doi = 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1998.tb10103.x | url = https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1600-0447.1998.tb10103.x | access-date = 2021-08-26 | url-status = live | s2cid = 39279836 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210826024511/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1600-0447.1998.tb10103.x | archive-date = 2021-08-26 }}</ref> Such research creates pathways for social or community-based treatment, such as reality monitoring, for individuals with schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, providing alternatives to, or supplementing traditional pharmacologic management.

Cross-cultural studies explore the way in which psychosis varies in different cultures, countries and religions. The cultural differences are based on the individual or shared illness narratives surrounding cultural meanings of illness experience.<ref name="Jenkins J 2018">Jenkins J (2018) 'Anthropology and Psychiatry: A contemporary convergence for global mental health', in Bhugra D and Bhui K (eds) Textbook of Cultural Psychiatry, 2nd edn, Cambridge University Press, London.</ref> In countries such as ], ] and ] majority countries, they each share alternative epistemologies. These are known as knowledge systems that focus on the connections between mind, body, culture, nature, and society.<ref>Scheper-Hughes N and Lock M (1987) 'The mindful body: a prolegomenon to future work in medical anthropology', Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 1(1):6–41</ref> Cultural perceptions of mental disorders such as psychosis or schizophrenia are believed to be caused by ] (spirits) in Muslim majority countries.<ref name="doi.org">{{Cite journal |last1=Valaitė |first1=Dovilė |last2=Berniūnas |first2=Renatas |date=2024 |title=Majnūn or Mental Disorders: Between Cultural Traditions and Western Psychology in Jordan |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11013-022-09787-0 |journal=Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry |language=en |volume=48 |issue=1 |pages=136–157 |doi=10.1007/s11013-022-09787-0|pmid=35948861 }}</ref> Furthermore, those in ]-Muslim societies perceive those who act differently than the social norm as "crazy" or as abnormal behaviour.<ref name="doi.org" /> This differs from the lived experience of individuals in India and how they attain their perspectives on mental health issues through a variety of spiritual and healing traditions.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Raghavan |first1=Raghu |last2=Brown |first2=Brian |last3=Horne |first3=Francesca |last4=Kamal |first4=Sreedevi Ram |last5=Parameswaran |first5=Uma |last6=Raghu |first6=Ardra |last7=Wilson |first7=Amanda |last8=Venkateswaran |first8=Chitra |last9=Svirydzenka |first9=Nadia |last10=Lakhanpaul |first10=Monica |last11=Dasan |first11=Chandra |date=2023 |title=Multiple Mental Health Literacies in a Traditional Temple Site in Kerala: The Intersection Between Beliefs, Spiritual and Healing Regimes |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11013-022-09800-6 |journal=Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry |language=en |volume=47 |issue=3 |pages=743–765 |doi=10.1007/s11013-022-09800-6|pmid=35771306 }}</ref> In Cambodia, hallucinations are linked with spirit visitation, a term they call "cultural kindling".<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Hinton |first1=Devon E. |last2=Reis |first2=Ria |last3=de Jong |first3=Joop |date=2020 |title=Ghost Encounters Among Traumatized Cambodian Refugees: Severity, Relationship to PTSD, and Phenomenology |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11013-019-09661-6 |journal=Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry |language=en |volume=44 |issue=3 |pages=333–359 |doi=10.1007/s11013-019-09661-6|pmid=31701326 }}</ref> These examples of differences are attributed to culture and the way it shapes conceptions of mental disorders.<ref name="doi.org" /> These cultural differences can be useful in bridging the gap of cultural understanding and psychiatric signs and symptoms.<ref name="Jenkins J 2018" />

== Diagnosis ==
To make a diagnosis of a mental illness in someone with psychosis ].<ref name="Ol2012">{{cite web| vauthors = Freudenreich O |title=Differential Diagnosis of Psychotic Symptoms: Medical "Mimics"|url=http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/forensic-psychiatry/differential-diagnosis-psychotic-symptoms-medical-%E2%80%9Cmimics%E2%80%9D|website=Psychiatric Times|publisher=UBM Medica|date=3 December 2012|access-date=16 March 2017|archive-date=4 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130604094749/http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/forensic-psychiatry/differential-diagnosis-psychotic-symptoms-medical-%E2%80%9Cmimics%E2%80%9D|url-status=live}}</ref> An initial assessment includes a comprehensive history and physical examination by a health care provider. Tests may be done to exclude substance use, medication, toxins, surgical complications, or other medical illnesses. A person with psychosis is referred to as psychotic.

] should be ruled out, which can be distinguished by visual hallucinations, acute onset and fluctuating level of consciousness, indicating other underlying factors, including medical illnesses.<ref name="Med_News">{{cite news| vauthors = Nordqvist C |title=What Is Schizoaffective Disorder? What Causes Schizoaffective Disorder?|url=http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/190678.php|access-date=March 16, 2017|newspaper=Medical News Today|date=August 8, 2016|archive-date=June 5, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605080349/http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/190678.php|url-status=live}}</ref> Excluding medical illnesses associated with psychosis is performed by using blood tests to measure:
* ] to exclude ] or ],
* ] serum and urinary ] to role out ] or ],
* ] and ] to rule out a metabolic disturbance,
* ] including ] to rule out a systemic infection or chronic disease, and
* ] to exclude ] or ] infection.

Other investigations include:
* ] to exclude ], and an
* ] or ] of the head to exclude brain lesions.

Because psychosis may be precipitated or exacerbated by common classes of medications, medication-induced psychosis should be ], particularly for first-episode psychosis. Both substance- and medication-induced psychosis can be ] to a high level of certainty, using toxicology screening.

Because some ]s may also induce psychosis or mania, but cannot be ruled out with laboratory tests, a psychotic individual's family, partner, or friends should be asked whether the patient is currently taking any dietary supplements.<ref>{{cite journal | title = Final rule declaring dietary supplements containing ephedrine alkaloids adulterated because they present an unreasonable risk. Final rule | journal = Federal Register | volume = 69 | issue = 28 | pages = 6787–6854 | date = February 2004 | pmid = 14968803 | url = http://www.federalregister.gov/a/04-2912/p-276 | access-date = 2014-09-29 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210829020131/https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2004/02/11/04-2912/final-rule-declaring-dietary-supplements-containing-ephedrine-alkaloids-adulterated-because-they | archive-date = 2021-08-29 | author-link1 = Food and Drug Administration | last1 = Food Drug Administration | first1 = HHS }} ({{Federal Register|69|6814}} and {{Federal Register|69|6818}})</ref>

Common mistakes made when diagnosing people who are psychotic include:<ref name="Ol2012" />
* Not properly excluding ],
* Not appreciating medical abnormalities (e.g., vital signs),
* Not obtaining a medical history and family history,
* Indiscriminate screening without an organizing framework,
* Missing a toxic psychosis by not screening for substances ''and'' medications,
* Not asking their family or others about dietary supplements,
* Premature diagnostic closure, and
* Not revisiting or questioning the initial diagnostic impression of primary psychiatric disorder.

Only after relevant and known causes of psychosis are excluded, a mental health clinician may make a psychiatric ] using a person's family history, incorporating information from the person with psychosis, and information from family, friends, or significant others.

Types of psychosis in psychiatric disorders may be established by formal rating scales. The ] (BPRS)<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Overall JE, Gorham DR | title = The Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale. | journal = Psychol. Rep. | date = 1962 | volume = 10 | issue = 3 | pages = 799–812 | doi = 10.2466/pr0.1962.10.3.799 | s2cid = 143531021 }}</ref> assesses the level of 18 symptom constructs of psychosis such as ], ], ], and ]. It is based on the clinician's interview with the patient and observations of the patient's behavior over the previous 2–3 days. The patient's family can also answer questions on the behavior report. During the initial assessment and the follow-up, both positive and negative symptoms of psychosis can be assessed using the 30 item Positive and Negative Symptom Scale (]).<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Kay SR, Fiszbein A, Opler LA | title = The positive and negative syndrome scale (PANSS) for schizophrenia | journal = Schizophrenia Bulletin | volume = 13 | issue = 2 | pages = 261–276 | year = 1987 | pmid = 3616518 | doi = 10.1093/schbul/13.2.261 | doi-access = free }}</ref>

The ] characterizes disorders as psychotic or on the schizophrenia spectrum if they involve hallucinations, delusions, disorganized thinking, grossly disorganized motor behavior, or negative symptoms.<ref name="DSM">{{cite book | author = American Psychiatric Association |title=Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders : DSM-5.|date=2013|publisher=American Psychiatric Association|location=Washington, D.C.|isbn=978-0-89042-554-1|page=|edition=5th|url=https://archive.org/details/diagnosticstatis0005unse/page/125}}</ref> The DSM-5 does not include psychosis as a definition in the glossary, although it defines "psychotic features", as well as "psychoticism" with respect to personality disorder. The ] has no specific definition of psychosis.<ref name="Gaebel">{{cite journal | vauthors = Gaebel W, Zielasek J | title = Focus on psychosis | journal = Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience | volume = 17 | issue = 1 | pages = 9–18 | date = March 2015 | pmid = 25987859 | pmc = 4421906 | doi = 10.31887/DCNS.2015.17.1/wgaebel }}</ref>

The PSQ (Psychosis Screening Questionnaire) is the most common tool in detecting psychotic symptoms and it includes five root questions that assess the presence of PLE (mania, thought insertion, paranoia, strange experiences and perceptual disturbances)<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Thungana |first1=Yanga A. |last2=Zingela |first2=Zukiswa |last3=Wyk |first3=Stefan J. Van |last4=Kim |first4=Hannah H. |last5=Ametaj |first5=Amantia |last6=Stevenson |first6=Anne |last7=Stroud |first7=Rocky E. |last8=Stein |first8=Dan J. |last9=Gelaye |first9=Bizu |date=2023 |title=Psychosis screening questionnaire: Exploring its factor structure among South African adults |url=https://sajp.org.za/index.php/sajp/article/view/2051 |journal=South African Journal of Psychiatry |language=en |volume=29 |pages=7 |doi=10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v29i0.2051 |pmc=10696556 |pmid=38059200}}</ref> The different tools used to assess symptom severity include the Revised Behavior and Symptom Identification Scale (BASIS-R), a 24-item self-report instrument with six scales: psychosis, depression/functioning, interpersonal problems, alcohol/drug use, self-harm, and emotional lability. The Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R), a 90-item self assessment tool that measures psychoticism and paranoid ideation in addition to seven other symptom scales. Finally, the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI), a 53-item self-administered scale developed from the SCL-90-R. The BSI has good psychometric properties and is an acceptable brief alternative to the SCL-90-R.<ref>U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. (2024, February 15). ''VA.gov | Veterans affairs''. MIRECC / CoE Home. <nowiki>https://www.mirecc.va.gov/visn22/Assessment_Tools_for_Measuring_Outcomes_in_Psychosis.asp#top</nowiki></ref> These seem to be the most accurate tools at the moment, but a research in 2007 that focused on quantifying self-reports of auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH) in persons with psychosis, suggest that The Hamilton Program for Schizophrenia Voices Questionnaire (HPSVQ) is also potentially a reliable and useful measure for specifically quantifying AVHs in relation to psychosis.<ref>Van Lieshout, R. J., & Goldberg, J. O. (2007). Quantifying self-reports of auditory verbal hallucinations in persons with psychosis. ''Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science/Revue Canadienne Des Sciences Du Comportement, 39''(1), 73–77. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1037/cjbs2007006</nowiki></ref>

] of symptoms generally regarded as psychosis frequently yields a five factor solution, albeit five factors that are distinct from the five domains defined by the DSM-5 to encompass ] or schizophrenia spectrum disorders. The five factors are frequently labeled as hallucinations, delusions, disorganization, excitement, and emotional distress.<ref name="Gaebel" /> The DSM-5 emphasizes a ], wherein the low end is characterized by schizoid personality disorder, and the high end is characterized by schizophrenia.<ref name="Continuum" />

== Prevention ==
The evidence for the effectiveness of early interventions to ] psychosis appeared inconclusive.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Marshall M, Rathbone J | title = Early intervention for psychosis | journal = The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews | issue = 6 | pages = CD004718 | date = June 2011 | pmid = 21678345 | pmc = 4163966 | doi = 10.1002/14651858.CD004718.pub3 }}</ref> But psychosis caused by drugs can be prevented.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Psychosis/Pages/Prevention-OLD.aspx|title=Psychosis – Prevention – NHS Choices|last=NHS|website=www.nhs.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-10-15|date=2017-10-23|archive-date=2018-10-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015043847/https://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Psychosis/Pages/Prevention-OLD.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> Whilst early intervention in those with a psychotic episode might improve short-term outcomes, little benefit was seen from these measures after five years.<ref name="Lancet09">{{cite journal | vauthors = van Os J, Kapur S | title = Schizophrenia | journal = Lancet | volume = 374 | issue = 9690 | pages = 635–645 | date = August 2009 | pmid = 19700006 | doi = 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60995-8 | s2cid = 208792724 }}</ref> However, there is evidence that ] (CBT) may reduce the risk of becoming psychotic in those at high risk,<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Stafford MR, Jackson H, Mayo-Wilson E, Morrison AP, Kendall T | title = Early interventions to prevent psychosis: systematic review and meta-analysis | journal = BMJ | volume = 346 | pages = f185 | date = January 2013 | pmid = 23335473 | pmc = 3548617 | doi = 10.1136/bmj.f185 }}</ref> and in 2014 the UK ] recommended preventive CBT for people at risk of psychosis.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nice.org.uk/newsroom/news/OfferTalkingTherapiesPeopleRiskPsychosisSchizophrenia.jsp |title=Offer talking therapies to people at risk of psychosis and schizophrenia |publisher=Nice.org.uk |date=2014-02-12 |access-date=2014-04-15 |archive-date=2014-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305175232/http://www.nice.org.uk/newsroom/news/OfferTalkingTherapiesPeopleRiskPsychosisSchizophrenia.jsp |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/index.jsp?action=byID&o=14382 |title=Psychosis and schizophrenia in adults |publisher=Nice.org.uk |date=2014-03-31 |access-date=2014-04-15 |archive-date=2014-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305175149/http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/index.jsp?action=byID&o=14382 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Treatment ==
The treatment of psychosis depends on the specific diagnosis (such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or substance intoxication). The first-line treatment for many psychotic disorders is antipsychotic medication,
<ref name="fn_72">{{cite web |url=https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg178 |title=Schizophrenia: Full national clinical guideline on core interventions in primary and secondary care |date= 12 February 2014 |author=National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health |access-date= 21 September 2022 |archive-date= 1 September 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220901012650/https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg178 |url-status=live }}</ref> which can reduce the positive symptoms of psychosis in about 7 to 14 days. For youth or adolescents, treatment options include medications, psychological interventions, and social interventions.<ref name=":3" />

=== Medication ===
The choice of which ] to use is based on benefits, risks, and costs.<ref name="Lancet09" /> It is debatable whether, as a class, ] or ]s are better.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Kane JM, Correll CU | title = Pharmacologic treatment of schizophrenia | journal = Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience | volume = 12 | issue = 3 | pages = 345–357 | year = 2010 | pmid = 20954430 | pmc = 3085113 | doi = 10.31887/DCNS.2010.12.3/jkane }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Hartling L, Abou-Setta AM, Dursun S, Mousavi SS, Pasichnyk D, Newton AS | title = Antipsychotics in adults with schizophrenia: comparative effectiveness of first-generation versus second-generation medications: a systematic review and meta-analysis | journal = Annals of Internal Medicine | volume = 157 | issue = 7 | pages = 498–511 | date = October 2012 | pmid = 22893011 | doi = 10.7326/0003-4819-157-7-201210020-00525 | doi-access = free }}</ref> Tentative evidence supports that ], ], ] and ] may be more effective for positive symptoms but result in more side effects.<ref name="barry 2012" /> Typical antipsychotics have equal drop-out and symptom relapse rates to atypicals when used at low to moderate dosages.<ref name="AFP07">{{cite journal | vauthors = Schultz SH, North SW, Shields CG | title = Schizophrenia: a review | journal = American Family Physician | volume = 75 | issue = 12 | pages = 1821–1829 | date = June 2007 | pmid = 17619525 }}</ref> There is a good response in 40–50%, a partial response in 30–40%, and treatment resistance (failure of symptoms to respond satisfactorily after six weeks to two or three different antipsychotics) in 20% of people.<ref name="AFP10">{{cite journal | vauthors = Smith T, Weston C, Lieberman J | title = Schizophrenia (maintenance treatment) | journal = American Family Physician | volume = 82 | issue = 4 | pages = 338–339 | date = August 2010 | pmid = 20704164 }}</ref> Clozapine is an effective treatment for those who respond poorly to other drugs ("treatment-resistant" or "refractory" schizophrenia),<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Taylor DM, Duncan-McConnell D | title = Refractory schizophrenia and atypical antipsychotics | journal = Journal of Psychopharmacology | volume = 14 | issue = 4 | pages = 409–418 | year = 2000 | pmid = 11198061 | doi = 10.1177/026988110001400411 | s2cid = 27270415 }}</ref> but it has the potentially serious side effect of ] (lowered ] count) in less than 4% of people.<ref name="Lancet09" /><ref name="BMJ07">{{cite journal | vauthors = Picchioni MM, Murray RM | title = Schizophrenia | journal = BMJ | volume = 335 | issue = 7610 | pages = 91–95 | date = July 2007 | pmid = 17626963 | pmc = 1914490 | doi = 10.1136/bmj.39227.616447.BE }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Essali A, Al-Haj Haasan N, Li C, Rathbone J | title = Clozapine versus typical neuroleptic medication for schizophrenia | journal = The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews | issue = 1 | pages = CD000059 | date = January 2009 | volume = 2009 | pmid = 19160174 | pmc = 7065592 | doi = 10.1002/14651858.CD000059.pub2 }}</ref>

Most people on antipsychotics get side effects. People on typical antipsychotics tend to have a higher rate of ] while some atypicals are associated with considerable weight gain, diabetes and risk of ]; this is most pronounced with olanzapine, while risperidone and ] are also associated with weight gain.<ref name="barry 2012">{{cite journal | vauthors = Barry SJ, Gaughan TM, Hunter R | title = Schizophrenia | journal = BMJ Clinical Evidence | volume = 2012 | date = June 2012 | pmid = 23870705 | pmc = 3385413 | url = http://www.clinicalevidence.bmj.com/x/systematic-review/1007/archive/06/2012.html | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://archive.today/20140911114812/http://www.clinicalevidence.bmj.com/x/systematic-review/1007/archive/06/2012.html | archive-date = 2014-09-11 }}</ref> Risperidone has a similar rate of extrapyramidal symptoms to haloperidol.<ref name="barry 2012" />

=== Psychotherapy ===
Psychological treatments such as ] (ACT) are possibly useful in the treatment of psychosis, helping people to focus more on what they can do in terms of valued life directions despite challenging symptomology.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Ost LG | title = The efficacy of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis | journal = Behaviour Research and Therapy | volume = 61 | pages = 105–121 | date = October 2014 | pmid = 25193001 | doi = 10.1016/j.brat.2014.07.018 }}</ref> ] (MCT) is associated with reduced ]s, ]s and ] as well as improved ] and functioning in individuals with schizophrenia spectrum disorders.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Penney D, Sauvé G, Mendelson D, Thibaudeau É, Moritz S, Lepage M | title = Immediate and Sustained Outcomes and Moderators Associated With Metacognitive Training for Psychosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis | journal = JAMA Psychiatry | date = March 2022 | volume = 79 | issue = 5 | pages = 417–429 | pmid = 35320347 | pmc = 8943641 | doi = 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2022.0277 }}</ref>

There are many psychosocial interventions that seek to treat the symptoms of psychosis: ], ], psychoanalysis/psychodynamic psychotherapy, ], ], psychosocial outpatient and inpatient treatment, ], and cognitive behavioral therapy (]). In relation to the success of CBT for psychosis, a randomized controlled trial for a Web-based CBTp (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Psychosis) skills program named Coping With Voices (CWV) suggest that the program has promise for increasing access to CBTp. It also associated benefits in the management of distressing psychotic symptoms and improved social functioning. When CBT and the other psychosocial interventions<ref>Gottlieb, J. D., Gidugu, V., Maru, M., Tepper, M. C., Davis, M. J., Greenwold, J., Barron, R. A., Chiko, B. P., & Mueser, K. T. (2017). Randomized controlled trial of an internet cognitive behavioral skills-based program for auditory hallucinations in persons with psychosis. ''Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 40''(3), 283–292. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1037/prj0000258</nowiki></ref> these are used without antipsychotic medications, they may be somewhat effective for some people, especially for CBT, need-adapted treatment, and soteria.<ref name="Schizophrenia Research 2019 p.">{{cite journal | vauthors = Cooper RE, Laxhman N, Crellin N, Moncrieff J, Priebe S | title = Psychosocial interventions for people with schizophrenia or psychosis on minimal or no antipsychotic medication: A systematic review | journal = Schizophrenia Research | volume = 225 | pages = 15–30 | date = November 2020 | pmid = 31126806 | doi = 10.1016/j.schres.2019.05.020 | url = https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0920996419301823 | access-date = 2020-05-28 | url-status = live | s2cid = 159040608 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200625185822/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0920996419301823 | archive-date = 2020-06-25 }}</ref>

=== Early intervention ===
{{Main|Early intervention in psychosis}}

] is based on the observation that identifying and treating someone in the early stages of a psychosis can improve their longer term outcome.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Birchwood M, Todd P, Jackson C | title = Early intervention in psychosis. The critical period hypothesis | journal = The British Journal of Psychiatry. Supplement | volume = 172 | issue = 33 | pages = 53–59 | year = 1998 | pmid = 9764127 | doi = 10.1192/S0007125000297663 | s2cid = 32411917 }}</ref> This approach advocates the use of an intensive multi-disciplinary approach during what is known as the ], where intervention is the most effective, and prevents the long-term morbidity associated with chronic psychotic illness.

=== Systematic reform ===
Addressing systematic reform is essential to creating effective prevention as well as supporting treatments and recovery for those with psychosis.

Waghorn et al.<ref name=":4">{{Cite journal| vauthors = Waghorn G, Still M, Chant D, Whiteford H |date=2004|title=Specialised Supported Education for Australians with Psychotic Disorders |journal=Australian Journal of Social Issues|language=en|volume=39|issue=4|pages=443–458|doi=10.1002/j.1839-4655.2004.tb01193.x |doi-access=free}}</ref> suggest that education interventions can be a building block to support those with psychosis to successfully participate in society. In their study they analyse the relationship between successful education attainment and psychosis. Findings suggest proportionately more school aged persons with psychosis discontinued their education, compared to those without psychosis.<ref name=":4" />

Waghorn et al.<ref name=":4" /> finds that specialised supported education for those with psychotic disorders can help lead to successful education attainment. Additionally, future employment outcomes are relative to such education attainment. Established approaches to supported education in the US include three basic models, self-contained classrooms, onsite support model and the mobile support model. Each model includes the participation of mental health service staff or educational facility staff in the student's education arrangements.<ref name=":4" />

Potential benefits of specialised supported education found from this study include coordination with other service providers (e.g. income support, housing, etc.) to prevent disrupting education, providing specialised career counselling, development of coping skills in the academic environment.<ref name=":4" /> These examples provide beneficial ways for people with psychosis to finish studies successfully as well as counter future experiences of psychosis.<ref name=":4" />

== History ==

=== Etymology ===
The word ''psychosis'' was introduced to the psychiatric literature in 1841 by ] in his work ''Handbuch der Medizinischen Klinik''. He used it as a shorthand for 'psychic neurosis'. At that time neurosis meant any disease of the ], and Canstatt was thus referring to what was considered a psychological manifestation of brain disease.<ref name="Burgy">{{cite journal |vauthors=Bürgy M |date=November 2008 |title=The concept of psychosis: historical and phenomenological aspects |journal=Schizophrenia Bulletin |volume=34 |issue=6 |pages=1200–1210 |doi=10.1093/schbul/sbm136 |pmc=2632489 |pmid=18174608}}</ref> ] is also widely credited as introducing the term in 1845,<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Beer MD |date=June 1995 |title=Psychosis: from mental disorder to disease concept |journal=History of Psychiatry |volume=6 |issue=22 Pt 2 |pages=177–200 |doi=10.1177/0957154X9500602204 |pmid=11639691 |s2cid=36424931}}</ref> as an alternative to ] and ].

The term stems from ] ''psychosis'', "a giving soul or life to, animating, quickening" and that from ] ψυχή ({{Lang|grc|psyche}}), "soul" and the suffix -ωσις (-''{{Lang|grc|osis}}''), in this case "abnormal condition".<ref>{{cite web |title=Psychosis, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', at Perseus |url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%23115982 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018155816/http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%23115982&redirect=true |archive-date=2021-10-18 |access-date=2011-06-11 |publisher=Perseus.tufts.edu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |year=2001 |title=Online Etymology Dictionary |url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=psychosis&searchmode=none |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011142745/http://etymonline.com/index.php?search=psychosis&searchmode=none |archive-date=2007-10-11 |access-date=2006-08-19 |publisher=Douglas Harper}}</ref>

In its adjective form "psychotic", references to psychosis can be found in both clinical and non-clinical discussions. However, in a ''non''-clinical context, "psychotic" is a nonspecific colloquialism used to mean "insane".

=== Classification ===
The word was also used to distinguish a condition considered a disorder of the mind, as opposed to '']'', which was considered a disorder of the nervous system.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Berrios GE |date=July 1987 |title=Historical aspects of psychoses: 19th century issues |journal=British Medical Bulletin |volume=43 |issue=3 |pages=484–498 |doi=10.1093/oxfordjournals.bmb.a072197 |pmid=3322481}}</ref> The psychoses thus became the modern equivalent of the old notion of ], and hence there was much debate on whether there was only one ] or many forms of the new disease.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Berrios GE, Beer D |date=March 1994 |title=The notion of a unitary psychosis: a conceptual history |journal=History of Psychiatry |volume=5 |issue=17 Pt 1 |pages=13–36 |doi=10.1177/0957154X9400501702 |pmid=11639278 |s2cid=21417530}}</ref> One type of broad usage would later be narrowed down by ] in 1891 to the 'psychopathic inferiorities'—later renamed abnormal personalities by ].<ref name="Burgy" />

The division of the major psychoses into manic depressive illness (now called ]) and dementia praecox (now called ]) was made by ], who attempted to create a synthesis of the various mental disorders identified by 19th-century ], by grouping diseases together based on classification of common symptoms. Kraepelin used the term 'manic depressive insanity' to describe the whole spectrum of ]s, in a far wider sense than it is usually used today.

In Kraepelin's classification this would include 'unipolar' ], as well as bipolar disorder and other mood disorders such as ]. These are characterised by problems with mood control and the psychotic episodes appear associated with disturbances in mood, and patients often have periods of normal functioning between psychotic episodes even without medication. ] is characterized by psychotic episodes that appear unrelated to disturbances in mood, and most non-medicated patients show signs of disturbance between psychotic episodes.

=== Treatment ===
Written record of supernatural causes and resultant treatments can be traced back to the ]. ]:8–13 describes a man displaying what would today be described as psychotic symptoms. ] cured this "]ic madness" by casting out the demons and hurling them into a herd of swine. Exorcism is still utilized in some religious circles as a treatment for psychosis presumed to be demonic possession.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Vlachos IO, Beratis S, Hartocollis P |year=1997 |title=Magico-religious beliefs and psychosis |journal=Psychopathology |volume=30 |issue=2 |pages=93–99 |doi=10.1159/000285035 |pmid=9168565}}</ref> A research study of out-patients in psychiatric clinics found that 30 percent of religious patients attributed the cause of their psychotic symptoms to evil spirits. Many of these patients underwent exorcistic healing rituals that, though largely regarded as positive experiences by the patients, had no effect on symptomology. Results did, however, show a significant worsening of psychotic symptoms associated with exclusion of medical treatment for coercive forms of exorcism.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Pfeifer S |date=September 1994 |title=Belief in demons and exorcism in psychiatric patients in Switzerland |journal=The British Journal of Medical Psychology |volume=67 |issue=3 |pages=247–258 |doi=10.1111/j.2044-8341.1994.tb01794.x |pmid=7803317}}</ref>
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The medical teachings of the fourth-century philosopher and physician ] proposed a natural, rather than supernatural, cause of human illness. In Hippocrates' work, the ], a holistic explanation for health and disease was developed to include madness and other "diseases of the mind". Hippocrates writes:

{{Blockquote|text=Men ought to know that from the brain, and from the brain only, arise our pleasures, joys, laughter, and jests, as well as our sorrows, pains, griefs and tears. Through it, in particular, we think, see, hear, and distinguish the ugly from the beautiful, the bad from the good, the pleasant from the unpleasant.... It is the same thing which makes us mad or delirious, inspires us with dread and fear, whether by night or by day, brings sleeplessness, inopportune mistakes, aimless anxieties, absentmindedness, and acts that are contrary to habit.<ref>]</ref>}}

Hippocrates espoused a theory of ] wherein disease is resultant of a shifting balance in bodily fluids including ], ], ], and ].<ref>{{cite book |vauthors=Bennet S |title=History of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology |chapter=Mind and Madness in Classical Antiquity |year=2008 |pages=175–197 |doi=10.1007/978-0-387-34708-0_3 |isbn=978-0-387-34707-3}}</ref> According to humoralism, each fluid or "]" has temperamental or behavioral correlates. In the case of psychosis, symptoms are thought to be caused by an excess of both blood and yellow bile. Thus, the proposed surgical intervention for psychotic or manic behavior was ].<ref>{{cite book |vauthors=Spring B, Weinstein L, Lemon M, Haskell A |title=Clinical Psychology |chapter=Schizophrenia from Hippocrates to Kraepelin |year=1991 |pages=259–277 |doi=10.1007/978-1-4757-9715-2_10 |isbn=978-1-4757-9717-6}}</ref>

18th-century physician, educator, and widely considered "founder of American psychiatry", ], also prescribed bloodletting as a first-line treatment for psychosis. Although not a proponent of humoralism, Rush believed that active purging and bloodletting were efficacious corrections for disruptions in the circulatory system, a complication he believed was the primary cause of "insanity".<ref>{{cite book |title=Medical Inquiries and Observations upon Diseases of the Mind |vauthors=Rush B |year=1830 |isbn=978-0-559-92167-4 |location=Philadelphia |pages=98–190}}</ref> Although Rush's treatment modalities are now considered antiquated and brutish, his contributions to psychiatry, namely the biological underpinnings of psychiatric phenomenon including psychosis, have been invaluable to the field. In honor of such contributions, Benjamin Rush's image is in the official seal of the ].

Early 20th-century treatments for severe and persisting psychosis were characterized by an emphasis on shocking the nervous system. Such therapies include ], ] shock therapy, and ].<ref>{{cite book |title=A History of Psychiatry: From the Era of the Asylum to the Age of Prozac |vauthors=Shorter E |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |year=1998 |isbn=978-0-471-24531-5 |location=Hoboken, New Jersey}}</ref> Despite considerable risk, shock therapy was considered highly efficacious in the treatment of psychosis including ]. The acceptance of high-risk treatments led to more invasive medical interventions including ].<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Stone JL |date=March 2001 |title=Dr. Gottlieb Burckhardt—the pioneer of psychosurgery |journal=Journal of the History of the Neurosciences |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=79–92 |doi=10.1076/jhin.10.1.79.5634 |pmid=11446267 |s2cid=29727830}}</ref>
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In 1888, Swiss psychiatrist ] performed the first medically sanctioned psychosurgery in which the ] was excised. Although some patients showed improvement of symptoms and became more subdued, one patient died and several developed ] or seizure disorders. Burckhardt would go on to publish his clinical outcomes in a scholarly paper. This procedure was met with criticism from the medical community and his academic and surgical endeavors were largely ignored.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Gross D, Schäfer G |date=February 2011 |title=Egas Moniz (1874–1955) and the "invention" of modern psychosurgery: a historical and ethical reanalysis under special consideration of Portuguese original sources |journal=Neurosurgical Focus |volume=30 |issue=2 |pages=E8 |doi=10.3171/2010.10.FOCUS10214 |pmid=21284454 |s2cid=25332947 |doi-access=free}}</ref> In the late 1930s, ] conceived the ] (AKA ]) in which the fibers connecting the ]s to the rest of the brain were severed. Moniz's primary inspiration stemmed from a demonstration by neuroscientists John Fulton and Carlyle's 1935 experiment in which two chimpanzees were given leucotomies and pre- and post-surgical behavior was compared. Prior to the leucotomy, the chimps engaged in typical behavior including throwing feces and fighting. After the procedure, both chimps were pacified and less violent. During the Q&A, Moniz asked if such a procedure could be extended to human subjects, a question that Fulton admitted was quite startling.<ref name="Pressman1998">{{cite book |title=Last Resort: Psychosurgery and the Limits of Medicine |vauthors=Pressman JD |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1998 |isbn=978-0-521-35371-7 |series=Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine |location=Cambridge, UK |pages=18–40 |oclc=36729044}}</ref> Moniz would go on to extend the controversial practice to humans with various psychotic disorders, an endeavor for which he received a ] in 1949.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Berrios GE |date=March 1997 |title=The origins of psychosurgery: Shaw, Burckhardt and Moniz |journal=History of Psychiatry |volume=8 |issue=29 pt 1 |pages=61–81 |doi=10.1177/0957154X9700802905 |pmid=11619209 |s2cid=22225524}}</ref> Between the late 1930s and early 1970s, the leucotomy was a widely accepted practice, often performed in non-] environments such as small ] clinics and patient homes.<ref name="Pressman1998" /> Psychosurgery remained standard practice until the discovery of antipsychotic pharmacology in the 1950s.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Mashour GA, Walker EE, Martuza RL |date=June 2005 |title=Psychosurgery: past, present, and future |journal=Brain Research. Brain Research Reviews |volume=48 |issue=3 |pages=409–419 |doi=10.1016/j.brainresrev.2004.09.002 |pmid=15914249 |s2cid=10303872}}</ref>

The first clinical trial of ]s (also commonly known as neuroleptics) for the treatment of psychosis took place in 1952. ] (brand name: Thorazine) passed clinical trials and became the first antipsychotic medication approved for the treatment of both acute and chronic psychosis. Although the mechanism of action was not discovered until 1963, the administration of chlorpromazine marked the advent of the ], or first generation antipsychotic.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Stip E |date=May 2002 |title=Happy birthday neuroleptics! 50 years later: la folie du doute |journal=European Psychiatry |volume=17 |issue=3 |pages=115–119 |doi=10.1016/S0924-9338(02)00639-9 |pmid=12052571 |s2cid=29883863|doi-access=free }}</ref> While clinical trials showed a high response rate for both acute psychosis and disorders with psychotic features, the ]s were particularly harsh, which included high rates of often irreversible Parkinsonian symptoms such as ]. With the advent of ]s (also known as second generation antipsychotics) came a dopamine antagonist with a comparable response rate but a far different, though still extensive, side-effect profile that included a lower risk of Parkinsonian symptoms but a higher risk of cardiovascular disease.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Crossley NA, Constante M, McGuire P, Power P |date=June 2010 |title=Efficacy of atypical v. typical antipsychotics in the treatment of early psychosis: meta-analysis |journal=The British Journal of Psychiatry |volume=196 |issue=6 |pages=434–439 |doi=10.1192/bjp.bp.109.066217 |pmc=2878818 |pmid=20513851}}</ref> Atypical antipsychotics remain the first-line treatment for psychosis associated with various psychiatric and ]s including schizophrenia, ], ], ]s, ], and some ] disorders.<ref>{{cite journal |display-authors=6 |vauthors=Maher AR, Maglione M, Bagley S, Suttorp M, Hu JH, Ewing B, Wang Z, Timmer M, Sultzer D, Shekelle PG |date=September 2011 |title=Efficacy and comparative effectiveness of atypical antipsychotic medications for off-label uses in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis |journal=JAMA |volume=306 |issue=12 |pages=1359–1369 |doi=10.1001/jama.2011.1360 |pmid=21954480 |doi-access=free}}</ref>

Dopamine is now one of the primary neurotransmitters implicated in psychotic symptomology. Blocking dopamine receptors (namely, the dopamine D2 receptors) and decreasing dopaminergic activity continues to be an effective but highly unrefined effect of antipsychotics, which are commonly used to treat psychosis. Recent pharmacological research suggests that the decrease in dopaminergic activity does not eradicate psychotic ]s or ]s, but rather attenuates the reward mechanisms involved in the development of delusional thinking; that is, connecting or finding meaningful relationships between unrelated stimuli or ideas.<ref name="Kapur" /> The author of this research paper acknowledges the importance of future investigation:

{{Blockquote|text=The model presented here is based on incomplete knowledge related to dopamine, schizophrenia, and antipsychotics—and as such will need to evolve as more is known about these.|sign=Shitij Kapur|source=From dopamine to salience to psychosis—linking biology, pharmacology and phenomenology of psychosis}}

]'s former student Wilhelm Reich explored independent insights into the physical effects of neurotic and traumatic upbringing, and published his holistic psychoanalytic treatment with a schizophrenic. With his incorporation of breathwork and insight with the patient, a young woman, she achieved sufficient self-management skills to end the therapy.<ref>{{cite book |title=Character Analysis |vauthors=Reich W |date=1980 |publisher=Macmillan |isbn=9781466846876 |veditors=Higgins M, Raphael CM |page=437 |translator=Carfango VR |chapter=The Schizophrenic Split |access-date=2022-04-29 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ez7nNDjECOQC&pg=PA437 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220429013530/https://books.google.com/books?id=ez7nNDjECOQC&pg=PA437 |archive-date=2022-04-29 |url-status=live |name-list-style=vanc}}</ref>

] extended Freud's ideas to create a psychoanalytic model of psychosis based upon the concept of "]", the rejection of the symbolic concept of the father.

Psychiatrist ] has criticised pharmaceutical companies for promoting simplified biological theories of mental illness that seem to imply the primacy of pharmaceutical treatments while ignoring social and developmental factors that are known important influences in the etiology of psychosis.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Creation of Psychopharmacology |vauthors=Healy D |publisher=Harvard University Press |year=2002 |isbn=978-0-674-00619-5 |location=Cambridge |author-link=David Healy (psychiatrist)}}</ref>

== Society and culture ==

=== Disability ===
The classification of psychosis as a ] is a common occurrence.

Psychosis is considered to be among the top 10 causes of social disability among adult men and women in developed countries.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Green MF, Horan WP, Lee J, McCleery A, Reddy LF, Wynn JK |date=February 2018 |title=Social Disconnection in Schizophrenia and the General Community |journal=Schizophrenia Bulletin |volume=44 |issue=2 |pages=242–249 |doi=10.1093/schbul/sbx082 |pmc=5814840 |pmid=28637195}}</ref> The traditional, negative narrative around disability has been shown to adversely influence employment and education for people experiencing psychosis.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Blajeski S |date=September 2020 |title=Family support, forming careers, and breaking the disability mindset: implications for addressing structural barriers to employment pathways in coordinated specialty care for first-episode psychosis. |journal=Social Work in Mental Health. |volume=18 |issue=5 |pages=461–81 |doi=10.1080/15332985.2020.1785603 |s2cid=221380722}}</ref>

Social disability by way of social disconnection is a significant public health concern and is associated with a broad range of negative outcomes, including premature mortality. Social disconnection refers to the ongoing absence of family or social relationships with marginal participation in social activities.

Research on psychosis found that reduced participation in social networks, not only negatively effects the individual on a physical and mental level, it has been shown that failure to be included in social networks influences the individual's ability to participate in the wider community through employment and education opportunities.<ref name="Myers_2019">{{cite journal |vauthors=Myers N |date=2019 |title=Beyond the "Crazy House": Mental/Moral Breakdowns and Moral Agency in First-Episode Psychosis. |journal=Ethos |volume=47 |issue=1 |pages=13–34 |doi=10.1111/etho.12225 |s2cid=151061439}}</ref><ref name="Myers_2012">{{cite journal |vauthors=Myers NA |date=May 2012 |title=Toward an Applied Neuroanthropology of Psychosis: the Interplay of Culture, Brains, and Experience. |journal=Annals of Anthropological Practice |volume=36 |issue=1 |pages=113–130 |doi=10.1111/j.2153-9588.2012.01095.x}}</ref><ref name="pmid21699009">{{cite journal |vauthors=Brown JA |date=June 2011 |title=Talking about life after early psychosis: the impact on occupational performance |journal=Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy |volume=78 |issue=3 |pages=156–163 |doi=10.2182/cjot.2011.78.3.3 |pmid=21699009 |s2cid=34151007}}</ref>

Equal opportunity to participate in meaningful relationships with friends, family and partners, as well as engaging in social constructs such as employment, can provide significant physical and mental value to people's lives.<ref name="Myers_2019" /> And how breaking the disability mindset around people experiencing psychosis is imperative for their overall, long-term health and well-being as well as the contributions they are able to make to their immediate social connections and the wider community.<ref name="Myers_2012" />

== Research ==
Further research in the form of randomized controlled trials is needed to determine the effectiveness of treatment approaches for helping ''adolescents'' with psychosis.<ref name=":3" /> Through 10 randomized clinical trials, studies showed that Early Intervention Services (EIS) for patients with early-phase schizophrenia spectrum disorders have generated promising outcomes.<ref name=":05">{{cite journal | vauthors = Correll CU, Galling B, Pawar A, Krivko A, Bonetto C, Ruggeri M, Craig TJ, Nordentoft M, Srihari VH, Guloksuz S, Hui CL, Chen EY, Valencia M, Juarez F, Robinson DG, Schooler NR, Brunette MF, Mueser KT, Rosenheck RA, Marcy P, Addington J, Estroff SE, Robinson J, Penn D, Severe JB, Kane JM | display-authors = 6 | title = Comparison of Early Intervention Services vs Treatment as Usual for Early-Phase Psychosis: A Systematic Review, Meta-analysis, and Meta-regression | journal = JAMA Psychiatry | volume = 75 | issue = 6 | pages = 555–565 | date = June 2018 | pmid = 29800949 | pmc = 6137532 | doi = 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2018.0623 }}</ref> EIS are specifically intended to fulfill the needs of patients with early-phase psychosis.<ref name=":05"/> In addition, one meta-analysis that consisted of four randomized clinical trials has examined and discovered the efficacy of EIS to Therapy as Usual (TAU) for early-phase psychosis, revealing that EIS techniques are superior to TAU.<ref name=":05"/>

A study suggests that combining cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) with SlowMo, an app that helps notice their "unhelpful quick-thinking", might be more effective for treating paranoia in people with psychosis than CBT alone.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=2022-05-19 |title=Mobile app combined with face-to-face therapy helped people with psychosis |url=https://evidence.nihr.ac.uk/alert/slowmo-app-reduced-paranoia-in-people-with-psychosis/ |journal=NIHR Evidence |type=Plain English summary |publisher=National Institute for Health and Care Research |doi=10.3310/nihrevidence_50569|s2cid=249945572 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Garety |first1=Philippa |last2=Ward |first2=Thomas |last3=Emsley |first3=Richard |last4=Greenwood |first4=Kathryn |last5=Freeman |first5=Daniel |last6=Fowler |first6=David |last7=Kuipers |first7=Elizabeth |last8=Bebbington |first8=Paul |last9=Dunn |first9=Graham |last10=Hardy |first10=Amy |date=August 2021 |title=Digitally supported CBT to reduce paranoia and improve reasoning for people with schizophrenia-spectrum psychosis: the SlowMo RCT |url=https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/eme/eme08110 |journal=Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation |language=en |volume=8 |issue=11 |pages=1–90 |doi=10.3310/eme08110 |pmid=34398537 |s2cid=238644547 |issn=2050-4365|doi-access=free }}</ref>

== References ==
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== Bibliography ==
* {{cite book | veditors = Badcock JC, Paulik G |year=2019 |title=A Clinical Introduction to Psychosis: Foundations for Clinical Psychologists and Neuropsychologists |edition=1st |location=] |publisher=], imprint of ] |doi=10.1016/C2017-0-01829-3 |isbn=978-0-12-815012-2|s2cid=243510002 }}
* {{cite book | veditors = Lewandowski KE, Moustafa A |year=2019 |title=Social Cognition in Psychosis |edition=1st |location=] |publisher=], imprint of ] |doi=10.1016/C2017-0-03061-6 |isbn=978-0-12-815315-4|s2cid=239126550 }}
* {{cite book | vauthors = Semple D, Smyth R |year=2019 |chapter=Schizophrenia and related psychoses | veditors = Semple D, Smyth R |title=Oxford Handbook of Psychiatry |pages=179–240 |edition=4th |location=] |publisher=] |doi=10.1093/med/9780198795551.003.0005 |isbn=978-0-19-879555-1}}
* {{cite book | veditors = Tamminga CA, van Os J, Reininghaus U, Ivleva E |year=2020 |title=Psychotic Disorders: Comprehensive Conceptualization and Treatments |edition=1st |location=] |publisher=] |doi=10.1093/med/9780190653279.001.0001 |isbn=978-0-19-065327-9}}
* {{cite book | veditors = Thompson AD, Broome MR |year=2020 |title=Risk Factors for Psychosis: Paradigms, Mechanisms, and Prevention |edition=1st |location=] |publisher=], imprint of ] |doi=10.1016/B978-0-12-813201-2.00001-6 |isbn=978-0-12-813201-2|s2cid=213499429 }}

== Further reading ==
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* {{cite news |url=https://medicine.umich.edu/dept/psychiatry/michigan-psychiatry-resources-covid-19/specific-mental-health-conditions/psychosis-spectrum-disorders-managing-stress-during-covid-19-pandemic |title=Psychosis Spectrum Disorders & Managing Stress during the COVID-19 Pandemic |author=Program for Risk Evaluation and Prevention (PREP) Early Psychosis Clinic |date=2021 |newspaper=Psychiatry |publisher=] (]) |access-date=28 February 2021 |archive-date=3 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203193215/https://medicine.umich.edu/dept/psychiatry/michigan-psychiatry-resources-covid-19/specific-mental-health-conditions/psychosis-spectrum-disorders-managing-stress-during-covid-19-pandemic |url-status=live }}
* {{cite book | vauthors = Sims A | year = 2002 | title = Symptoms in the mind: An introduction to descriptive psychopathology | edition = 3rd | location = Edinburgh | publisher = Elsevier Science Ltd. | isbn = 978-0-7020-2627-0 }}
* {{cite book | vauthors = Murray ED, Buttner N, Price BH | chapter = Depression and Psychosis in Neurological Practice | title = Neurology in Clinical Practice | edition = 6th | veditors = Bradley WG, Daroff RB, Fenichel GM, Jankovic J | publisher = Butterworth Heinemann | date = April 2012 | isbn = 978-1-4377-0434-1 }}
* {{cite book | vauthors = Williams P | year = 2012 | title = Rethinking Madness: Towards a Paradigm Shift In Our Understanding and Treatment of Psychosis | publisher = Sky's Edge Publishing | isbn = 978-0-9849867-0-5 }}
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; Personal accounts :
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* {{cite book | author-link = Philip K. Dick | vauthors = Dick PK | date = 1981 | title = VALIS | location = London | publisher = Gollancz | isbn = 978-0-679-73446-8 | title-link = VALIS }}
* {{cite book | author-link = Kay Redfield Jamison | vauthors = Jamison KR | date = 1995 | title = An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness | location = London | publisher = Picador | isbn = 978-0-679-76330-7 | url = https://archive.org/details/unquietmindmemoi00jami }}
* {{cite book | author-link = Daniel Paul Schreber | vauthors = Schreber DP | year = 2000 | title = Memoirs of My Nervous Illness | location = New York | publisher = New York Review of Books. | isbn = 978-0-940322-20-2 }}
* {{cite book | vauthors = Hinshaw SP | year = 2002 | title = The Years of Silence are Past: My Father's Life with Bipolar Disorder | url = https://archive.org/details/yearsofsilencear00step | url-access = registration | location = Cambridge | publisher = Cambridge University Press | isbn = 9780521817806 }}
* {{cite book | vauthors = McLean R | date = 2003 | title = Recovered Not Cured: A Journey Through Schizophrenia | publisher = Allen & Unwin | location = Australia | isbn = 978-1-86508-974-4 | url = https://archive.org/details/recoverednotcure00mcle_0 }}
* {{cite book | author-link = Elyn Saks | vauthors = Saks ER | date = 2007 | title = The Center Cannot Hold – My Journey Through Madness | location = New York | publisher = Hyperion | isbn = 978-1-4013-0138-5 | url = https://archive.org/details/centercannothold00saks_0 }}
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Medical condition
Psychosis
Other namesPsychotic break (colloquial)
SpecialtyPsychiatry, clinical psychology
Symptomsdelusions, hallucinations, incoherent speech and behavior
ComplicationsSelf-harm, suicide
CausesMental illness (schizophrenia, bipolar disorder), trauma, sleep deprivation, some medical conditions, certain medications, drugs (including alcohol, caffeine and cannabis)
TreatmentAntipsychotics, counselling, social support
PrognosisDepends on cause
Frequency3% of people at some point in their life (US)

Psychosis is a condition of the mind or psyche that results in difficulties determining what is real and what is not real. Symptoms may include delusions and hallucinations, among other features. Additional symptoms are disorganized thinking and incoherent speech and behavior that is inappropriate for a given situation. There may also be sleep problems, social withdrawal, lack of motivation, and difficulties carrying out daily activities. Psychosis can have serious adverse outcomes.

Psychosis can have several different causes. These include mental illness, such as schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, sensory deprivation, Wernicke–Korsakoff syndrome or cerebral beriberi and in rare cases major depression (psychotic depression). Other causes include: trauma, sleep deprivation, some medical conditions, certain medications, and drugs such as alcohol, cannabis, hallucinogens, and stimulants. One type, known as postpartum psychosis, can occur after giving birth. The neurotransmitter dopamine is believed to play an important role. Acute psychosis is termed primary if it results from a psychiatric condition and secondary if it is caused by another medical condition or drugs. The diagnosis of a mental-health condition requires excluding other potential causes. Testing may be done to check for central nervous system diseases, toxins, or other health problems as a cause.

Treatment may include antipsychotic medication, psychotherapy, and social support. Early treatment appears to improve outcomes. Medications appear to have a moderate effect. Outcomes depend on the underlying cause. In the United States about 3% of people develop psychosis at some point in their lives. The condition has been described since at least the 4th century BC by Hippocrates and possibly as early as 1500 BC in the Egyptian Ebers Papyrus.

Signs and symptoms

Hallucinations

An hallucination is defined as sensory perception in the absence of external stimuli. Hallucinations are different from illusions and perceptual distortions, which are the misperception of external stimuli. Hallucinations may occur in any of the senses and take on almost any form. They may consist of simple sensations (such as lights, colors, sounds, tastes, or smells) or more detailed experiences (such as seeing and interacting with animals and people, hearing voices, and having complex tactile sensations). Hallucinations are generally characterized as being vivid and uncontrollable. Auditory hallucinations, particularly experiences of hearing voices, are the most common and often prominent feature of psychosis.

Up to 15% of the general population may experience auditory hallucinations (though not all are due to psychosis). The prevalence of auditory hallucinations in patients with schizophrenia is generally put around 70%, but may go as high as 98%. Reported prevalence in bipolar disorder ranges between 11% and 68%. During the early 20th century, auditory hallucinations were second to visual hallucinations in frequency, but they are now the most common manifestation of schizophrenia, although rates vary between cultures and regions. Auditory hallucinations are most commonly intelligible voices. When voices are present, the average number has been estimated at three. Content, like frequency, differs significantly, especially across cultures and demographics. People who experience auditory hallucinations can frequently identify the loudness, location of origin, and may settle on identities for voices. Western cultures are associated with auditory experiences concerning religious content, frequently related to sin. Hallucinations may command a person to do something potentially dangerous when combined with delusions.

So-called "minor hallucinations", such as extracampine hallucinations, or false perceptions of people or movement occurring outside of one's visual field, frequently occur in neurocognitive disorders, such as Parkinson's disease.

Visual hallucinations occur in roughly a third of people with schizophrenia, although rates as high as 55% are reported. The prevalence in bipolar disorder is around 15%. Content commonly involves animate objects, although perceptual abnormalities such as changes in lighting, shading, streaks, or lines may be seen. Visual abnormalities may conflict with proprioceptive information, and visions may include experiences such as the ground tilting. Lilliputian hallucinations are less common in schizophrenia, and are more common in various types of encephalopathy, such as peduncular hallucinosis.

A visceral hallucination, also called a cenesthetic hallucination, is characterized by visceral sensations in the absence of stimuli. Cenesthetic hallucinations may include sensations of burning, or re-arrangement of internal organs.

Delusions

Psychosis may involve delusional beliefs. A delusion is a fixed, false idiosyncratic belief, which does not change even when presented with incontrovertible evidence to the contrary. Delusions are context- and culture-dependent: a belief that inhibits critical functioning and is widely considered delusional in one population may be common (and even adaptive) in another, or in the same population at a later time. Since normative views may contradict available evidence, a belief need not contravene cultural standards in order to be considered delusional.

Prevalence in schizophrenia is generally considered at least 90%, and around 50% in bipolar disorder.

The DSM-5 characterizes certain delusions as "bizarre" if they are clearly implausible, or are incompatible with the surrounding cultural context. The concept of bizarre delusions has many criticisms, the most prominent being judging its presence is not highly reliable even among trained individuals.

A delusion may involve diverse thematic content. The most common type is a persecutory delusion, in which a person believes that an entity seeks to harm them. Others include delusions of reference (the belief that some element of one's experience represents a deliberate and specific act by or message from some other entity), delusions of grandeur (the belief that one possesses special power or influence beyond one's actual limits), thought broadcasting (the belief that one's thoughts are audible) and thought insertion (the belief that one's thoughts are not one's own). A delusion may also involve misidentification of objects, persons, or environs that the afflicted should reasonably be able to recognize; such examples include Cotard's syndrome (the belief that oneself is partly or wholly dead) and clinical lycanthropy (the belief that oneself is or has transformed into an animal).

The subject matter of delusions seems to reflect the current culture in a particular time and location. For example, in the US, during the early 1900s syphilis was a common topic, during the Second World War Germany, during the Cold War communists, and in recent years, technology has been a focus. Some psychologists, such as those who practice the Open Dialogue method, believe that the content of psychosis represents an underlying thought process that may, in part, be responsible for psychosis, though the accepted medical position is that psychosis is due to a brain disorder.

Historically, Karl Jaspers classified psychotic delusions into primary and secondary types. Primary delusions are defined as arising suddenly and not being comprehensible in terms of normal mental processes, whereas secondary delusions are typically understood as being influenced by the person's background or current situation (e.g., ethnicity; also religious, superstitious, or political beliefs).

Disorganization of speech/thought or behavior

Disorganization is split into disorganized speech (or thought), and grossly disorganized motor behavior. Disorganized speech or thought, also called formal thought disorder, is disorganization of thinking that is inferred from speech. Characteristics of disorganized speech include rapidly switching topics, called derailment or loose association; switching to topics that are unrelated, called tangential thinking; incomprehensible speech, called word salad or incoherence. Disorganized motor behavior includes repetitive, odd, or sometimes purposeless movement. Disorganized motor behavior rarely includes catatonia, and although it was a historically prominent symptom, it is rarely seen today. Whether this is due to historically used treatments or the lack thereof is unknown.

Catatonia describes a profoundly agitated state in which the experience of reality is generally considered impaired. There are two primary manifestations of catatonic behavior. The classic presentation is a person who does not move or interact with the world in any way while awake. This type of catatonia presents with waxy flexibility. Waxy flexibility is when someone physically moves part of a catatonic person's body and the person stays in the position even if it is bizarre and otherwise nonfunctional (such as moving a person's arm straight up in the air and the arm staying there).

The other type of catatonia is more of an outward presentation of the profoundly agitated state described above. It involves excessive and purposeless motor behaviour, as well as an extreme mental preoccupation that prevents an intact experience of reality. An example is someone walking very fast in circles to the exclusion of anything else with a level of mental preoccupation (meaning not focused on anything relevant to the situation) that was not typical of the person prior to the symptom onset. In both types of catatonia, there is generally no reaction to anything that happens outside of them. It is important to distinguish catatonic agitation from severe bipolar mania, although someone could have both.

Negative symptoms

See also: Clouding of consciousness and Depression (mood)

Negative symptoms include reduced emotional expression, decreased motivation (avolition), and reduced spontaneous speech (poverty of speech, alogia). Individuals with this condition lack interest and spontaneity, and have the inability to feel pleasure (anhedonia). Altered Behavioral Inhibition System functioning could possibly cause reduced sustained attention in psychosis and overall contribute to more negative reactions.

Psychosis in adolescents

Psychosis is rare in adolescents. Young people who have psychosis may have trouble connecting with the world around them and may experience hallucinations or delusions. Adolescents with psychosis may also have cognitive deficits that may make it harder for the youth to socialize and work. Potential impairments include reduced speed of mental processing, ability to focus without getting distracted (limited attention span), and deficits in verbal memory. If an adolescent is experiencing psychosis, they most likely have comorbidity, meaning that they could have multiple mental illnesses. Because of this, it may be difficult to determine whether it is psychosis or autism spectrum disorder, social or generalized anxiety disorder, or obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Causes

The symptoms of psychosis may be caused by serious psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, a number of medical illnesses, and trauma. Psychosis may also be temporary or transient, and be caused by medications or substance use disorder (substance-induced psychosis).

Normal states

Brief hallucinations are not uncommon in those without any psychiatric disease, including healthy children. Causes or triggers include:

Trauma and stress

Traumatic life events have been linked with an elevated risk of developing psychotic symptoms. Childhood trauma has specifically been shown to be a predictor of adolescent and adult psychosis. Individuals with psychotic symptoms are three times more likely to have experienced childhood trauma (e.g., physical or sexual abuse, physical or emotional neglect) than those in the general population. Increased individual vulnerability toward psychosis may interact with traumatic experiences promoting an onset of future psychotic symptoms, particularly during sensitive developmental periods. Importantly, the relationship between traumatic life events and psychotic symptoms appears to be dose-dependent in which multiple traumatic life events accumulate, compounding symptom expression and severity. However, acute, stressful events can also trigger brief psychotic episodes. Trauma prevention and early intervention may be an important target for decreasing the incidence of psychotic disorders and ameliorating its effects. A healthy person could become psychotic if he is placed in an empty room with no light and sound after 15 minutes, a phenomenon known as sensory deprivation.

Neuroticism, a personality trait associated with vulnerability to stressors, is an independent predictor of the development of psychosis.

Psychiatric disorders

From a diagnostic standpoint, organic disorders were believed to be caused by physical illness affecting the brain (that is, psychiatric disorders secondary to other conditions) while functional disorders were considered disorders of the functioning of the mind in the absence of physical disorders (that is, primary psychological or psychiatric disorders). Subtle physical abnormalities have been found in illnesses traditionally considered functional, such as schizophrenia. The DSM-IV-TR avoids the functional/organic distinction, and instead lists traditional psychotic illnesses, psychosis due to general medical conditions, and substance-induced psychosis.

Primary psychiatric causes of psychosis include the following:

Psychotic symptoms may also be seen in:

Subtypes

Subtypes of psychosis include:

Cycloid psychosis

Cycloid psychosis is typically an acute, self-limiting form of psychosis with psychotic and mood symptoms that progress from normal to full-blown, usually between a few hours to days, and not related to drug intake or brain injury. While proposed as a distinct entity, clinically separate from schizophrenia and affective disorders, cycloid psychosis is not formally acknowledged by current ICD or DSM criteria. Its unclear place in psychiatric nosology has likely contributed to the limited scientific investigation and literature on the topic.

Postpartum psychosis

Postpartum psychosis is a rare yet serious and debilitating form of psychosis. Symptoms range from fluctuating moods and insomnia to mood-incongruent delusions related to the individual or the infant. Women experiencing postpartum psychosis are at increased risk for suicide or infanticide. Many women who experience first-time psychosis from postpartum often have bipolar disorder, meaning they could experience an increase of psychotic episodes even after postpartum.

Medical conditions

A very large number of medical conditions can cause psychosis, sometimes called secondary psychosis. Examples include:

Psychoactive drugs

Main article: Substance-induced psychosis

Various psychoactive substances (both legal and illegal) have been implicated in causing, exacerbating, or precipitating psychotic states or disorders in users, with varying levels of evidence. This may be upon intoxication for a more prolonged period after use, or upon withdrawal. Individuals who experience substance-induced psychosis tend to have a greater awareness of their psychosis and tend to have higher levels of suicidal thinking compared to those who have a primary psychotic illness. Drugs commonly alleged to induce psychotic symptoms include alcohol, cannabis, cocaine, amphetamines, cathinones, psychedelic drugs (such as LSD and psilocybin), κ-opioid receptor agonists (such as enadoline and salvinorin A) and NMDA receptor antagonists (such as phencyclidine and ketamine). Caffeine may worsen symptoms in those with schizophrenia and cause psychosis at very high doses in people without the condition. Cannabis and other illicit recreational drugs are often associated with psychosis in adolescents and cannabis use before 15 years old may increase the risk of psychosis in adulthood.

Alcohol

Further information: Long-term effects of alcohol consumption § Mental health effects

Approximately three percent of people with alcoholism experience psychosis during acute intoxication or withdrawal. Alcohol related psychosis may manifest itself through a kindling mechanism. The mechanism of alcohol-related psychosis is due to the long-term effects of alcohol consumption resulting in distortions to neuronal membranes, gene expression, as well as thiamine deficiency. It is possible that hazardous alcohol use via a kindling mechanism can cause the development of a chronic substance-induced psychotic disorder, i.e. schizophrenia. The effects of an alcohol-related psychosis include an increased risk of depression and suicide as well as causing psychosocial impairments. Delirium tremens, a symptom of chronic alcoholism that can appear in the acute withdrawal phase, shares many symptoms with alcohol-related psychosis suggesting a common mechanism.

Cannabis

Further information: Causes of schizophrenia § Cannabis, and Long-term effects of cannabis § Chronic psychosis and schizophrenia spectrum disorders

According to current studies, cannabis use is associated with increased risk of psychotic disorders, and the more often cannabis is used the more likely a person is to develop a psychotic illness. Furthermore, people with a history of cannabis use develop psychotic symptoms earlier than those who have never used cannabis. Some debate exists regarding the causal relationship between cannabis use and psychosis with some studies suggesting that cannabis use hastens the onset of psychosis primarily in those with pre-existing vulnerability. Indeed, cannabis use plays an important role in the development of psychosis in vulnerable individuals, and cannabis use in adolescence should be discouraged. Some studies indicate that the effects of two active compounds in cannabis, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD), have opposite effects with respect to psychosis. While THC can induce psychotic symptoms in healthy individuals, limited evidence suggests that CBD may have antipsychotic effects.

Methamphetamine

Main article: Stimulant psychosis

Methamphetamine induces a psychosis in 26–46 percent of heavy users. Some of these people develop a long-lasting psychosis that can persist for longer than six months. Those who have had a short-lived psychosis from methamphetamine can have a relapse of the methamphetamine psychosis years later after a stressful event such as severe insomnia or a period of hazardous alcohol use despite not relapsing back to methamphetamine. Individuals who have a long history of methamphetamine use and who have experienced psychosis in the past from methamphetamine use are highly likely to re-experience methamphetamine psychosis if drug use is recommenced. Methamphetamine-induced psychosis is likely gated by genetic vulnerability, which can produce long-term changes in brain neurochemistry following repetitive use.

Psychedelics

A 2024 study found that psychedelic use may potentially reduce, or have no effect on, psychotic symptoms in individuals with a personal or family history of psychotic disorders. A 2023 study found an interaction between lifetime psychedelic use and family history of psychosis or bipolar disorder on psychotic symptoms over the past two weeks. Psychotic symptoms were highest among individuals with both a family history of psychosis or bipolar disorder and lifetime psychedelic use, while they were lowest among those with lifetime psychedelic use but no family history of these disorders.

Medication

Administration, or sometimes withdrawal, of a large number of medications may provoke psychotic symptoms. Drugs that can induce psychosis experimentally or in a significant proportion of people include:

Pathophysiology

Neuroimaging

The first brain image of an individual with psychosis was completed as far back as 1935 using a technique called pneumoencephalography (a painful and now obsolete procedure where cerebrospinal fluid is drained from around the brain and replaced with air to allow the structure of the brain to show up more clearly on an X-ray picture).

Both first episode psychosis, and high risk status is associated with reductions in grey matter volume (GMV). First episode psychotic and high risk populations are associated with similar but distinct abnormalities in GMV. Reductions in the right middle temporal gyrus, right superior temporal gyrus (STG), right parahippocampus, right hippocampus, right middle frontal gyrus, and left anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) are observed in high risk populations. Reductions in first episode psychosis span a region from the right STG to the right insula, left insula, and cerebellum, and are more severe in the right ACC, right STG, insula and cerebellum.

Another meta analysis reported bilateral reductions in insula, operculum, STG, medial frontal cortex, and ACC, but also reported increased GMV in the right lingual gyrus and left precentral gyrus. The Kraepelinian dichotomy is made questionable by grey matter abnormalities in bipolar and schizophrenia; schizophrenia is distinguishable from bipolar in that regions of grey matter reduction are generally larger in magnitude, although adjusting for gender differences reduces the difference to the left dorsomedial prefrontal cortex, and right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex.

During attentional tasks, first episode psychosis is associated with hypoactivation in the right middle frontal gyrus, a region generally described as encompassing the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC).Altered Behavioral Inhibition System functioning could possibly cause reduced sustained attention in psychosis and overall contribute to more negative reactions. In congruence with studies on grey matter volume, hypoactivity in the right insula, and right inferior parietal lobe is also reported. During cognitive tasks, hypoactivities in the right insula, dACC, and the left precuneus, as well as reduced deactivations in the right basal ganglia, right thalamus, right inferior frontal and left precentral gyri are observed. These results are highly consistent and replicable possibly except the abnormalities of the right inferior frontal gyrus. Decreased grey matter volume in conjunction with bilateral hypoactivity is observed in anterior insula, dorsal medial frontal cortex, and dorsal ACC. Decreased grey matter volume and bilateral hyperactivity is reported in posterior insula, ventral medial frontal cortex, and ventral ACC.

Hallucinations

Studies during acute experiences of hallucinations demonstrate increased activity in primary or secondary sensory cortices. As auditory hallucinations are most common in psychosis, most robust evidence exists for increased activity in the left middle temporal gyrus, left superior temporal gyrus, and left inferior frontal gyrus (i.e. Broca's area). Activity in the ventral striatum, hippocampus, and ACC are related to the lucidity of hallucinations, and indicate that activation or involvement of emotional circuitry are key to the impact of abnormal activity in sensory cortices. Together, these findings indicate abnormal processing of internally generated sensory experiences, coupled with abnormal emotional processing, results in hallucinations. One proposed model involves a failure of feedforward networks from sensory cortices to the inferior frontal cortex, which normally cancel out sensory cortex activity during internally generated speech. The resulting disruption in expected and perceived speech is thought to produce lucid hallucinatory experiences.

Delusions

The two-factor model of delusions posits that dysfunction in both belief formation systems and belief evaluation systems are necessary for delusions. Dysfunction in evaluations systems localized to the right lateral prefrontal cortex, regardless of delusion content, is supported by neuroimaging studies and is congruent with its role in conflict monitoring in healthy persons. Abnormal activation and reduced volume is seen in people with delusions, as well as in disorders associated with delusions such as frontotemporal dementia, psychosis and Lewy body dementia. Furthermore, lesions to this region are associated with "jumping to conclusions", damage to this region is associated with post-stroke delusions, and hypometabolism this region associated with caudate strokes presenting with delusions.

The aberrant salience model suggests that delusions are a result of people assigning excessive importance to irrelevant stimuli. In support of this hypothesis, regions normally associated with the salience network demonstrate reduced grey matter in people with delusions, and the neurotransmitter dopamine, which is widely implicated in salience processing, is also widely implicated in psychotic disorders.

Specific regions have been associated with specific types of delusions. The volume of the hippocampus and parahippocampus is related to paranoid delusions in Alzheimer's disease, and has been reported to be abnormal post mortem in one person with delusions. Capgras delusions have been associated with occipito-temporal damage, and may be related to failure to elicit normal emotions or memories in response to faces.

Negative symptoms

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Psychosis is associated with ventral striatal (VS), which is the part of the brain that is involved with the desire to naturally satisfy the body's needs. When high reports of negative symptoms were recorded, there were significant irregularities in the left VS. Anhedonia, the inability to feel pleasure, is a commonly reported symptom in psychosis; experiences are present in most people with schizophrenia. Anhedonia arises as a result of the inability to feel motivation and drive towards both the desire to engage in as well as to complete tasks and goals. Previous research has indicated that a deficiency in the neural representation in regards to goals and the motivation to achieve them, has demonstrated that when a reward is not present, a strong reaction is noted in the ventral striatum; reinforcement learning is intact when contingencies about stimulus-reward are implicit, but not when they require explicit neural processing; reward prediction errors are what the actual reward is versus what the reward was predicted to be. In most cases positive prediction errors are considered an abnormal occurrence. A positive prediction error response occurs when there is an increased activation in a brain region, typically the striatum, in response to unexpected rewards. A negative prediction error response occurs when there is a decreased activation in a region when predicted rewards do not occur. Anterior Cingulate Cortex (ACC) response, taken as an indicator of effort allocation, does not increase with reward or reward probability increase, and is associated with negative symptoms; deficits in Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex (dlPFC) activity and failure to improve performance on cognitive tasks when offered monetary incentives are present; and dopamine mediated functions are abnormal.

Neurobiology

Further information: Dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia
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Psychosis has been traditionally linked to the overactivity of the neurotransmitter dopamine. In particular to its effect in the mesolimbic pathway. The two major sources of evidence given to support this theory are that dopamine receptor D2 blocking drugs (i.e., antipsychotics) tend to reduce the intensity of psychotic symptoms, and that drugs that accentuate dopamine release, or inhibit its reuptake (such as amphetamines and cocaine) can trigger psychosis in some people (see stimulant psychosis). However, there is substantial evidence that dopaminergic overactivity does not fully explain psychosis, and that neurodegerative pathophysiology plays a significant role. This is evidenced by the fact that psychosis commonly occurs in neurodegenerative diseases of the dopaminergic nervous system, such as Parkinson's disease, which involved reduced, rather than increased, dopaminergic activity.

The endocannabinoid system is also implicated in psychosis. This is evidenced by the propensity of CB1 receptor agonists such as THC to induce psychotic symptoms, and the efficacy of CB1 receptor antagonists such as CBD in ameliorating psychosis.

NMDA receptor dysfunction has been proposed as a mechanism in psychosis. This theory is reinforced by the fact that dissociative NMDA receptor antagonists such as ketamine, PCP and dextromethorphan (at large overdoses) induce a psychotic state. The symptoms of dissociative intoxication are also considered to mirror the symptoms of schizophrenia, including negative symptoms. NMDA receptor antagonism, in addition to producing symptoms reminiscent of psychosis, mimics the neurophysiological aspects, such as reduction in the amplitude of P50, P300, and MMN evoked potentials. Hierarchical Bayesian neurocomputational models of sensory feedback, in agreement with neuroimaging literature, link NMDA receptor hypofunction to delusional or hallucinatory symptoms via proposing a failure of NMDA mediated top down predictions to adequately cancel out enhanced bottom up AMPA mediated predictions errors. Excessive prediction errors in response to stimuli that would normally not produce such a response is thought to root from conferring excessive salience to otherwise mundane events. Dysfunction higher up in the hierarchy, where representation is more abstract, could result in delusions. The common finding of reduced GAD67 expression in psychotic disorders may explain enhanced AMPA mediated signaling, caused by reduced GABAergic inhibition.

The connection between dopamine and psychosis is generally believed to be complex. While dopamine receptor D2 suppresses adenylate cyclase activity, the D1 receptor increases it. If D2-blocking drugs are administered, the blocked dopamine spills over to the D1 receptors. The increased adenylate cyclase activity affects genetic expression in the nerve cell, which takes time. Hence antipsychotic drugs take a week or two to reduce the symptoms of psychosis. Moreover, newer and equally effective antipsychotic drugs actually block slightly less dopamine in the brain than older drugs whilst also blocking 5-HT2A receptors, suggesting the 'dopamine hypothesis' may be oversimplified. Soyka and colleagues found no evidence of dopaminergic dysfunction in people with alcohol-induced psychosis and Zoldan et al. reported moderately successful use of ondansetron, a 5-HT3 receptor antagonist, in the treatment of levodopa psychosis in Parkinson's disease patients.

A review found an association between a first-episode of psychosis and prediabetes.

Prolonged or high dose use of psychostimulants can alter normal functioning, making it similar to the manic phase of bipolar disorder. NMDA antagonists replicate some of the so-called "negative" symptoms like thought disorder in subanesthetic doses (doses insufficient to induce anesthesia), and catatonia in high doses. Psychostimulants, especially in one already prone to psychotic thinking, can cause some "positive" symptoms, such as delusional beliefs, particularly those persecutory in nature.

Culture

Cross-cultural studies into schizophrenia have found that individual experiences of psychosis and 'hearing voices' vary across cultures. In countries such as the United States where there exists a predominantly biomedical understanding of the body, the mind and in turn, mental health, subjects were found to report their hallucinations as having 'violent content' and self-describing as 'crazy'. This lived experience is at odds with the lived experience of subjects in Accra, Ghana, who describe the voices they hear as having 'spiritual meaning' and are often reported as positive in nature; or subjects in Chennai, India, who describe their hallucinations as kin, family members or close friends, and offering guidance.

These differences are attributed to 'social kindling' or how one's social context shapes how an individual interprets and experiences sensations such as hallucinations. This concept aligns with pre-existing cognitive theory such as reality modelling and is supported by recent research that demonstrates that individuals with psychosis can be taught to attend to their hallucinations differently, which in turn alters the hallucinations themselves. Such research creates pathways for social or community-based treatment, such as reality monitoring, for individuals with schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, providing alternatives to, or supplementing traditional pharmacologic management.

Cross-cultural studies explore the way in which psychosis varies in different cultures, countries and religions. The cultural differences are based on the individual or shared illness narratives surrounding cultural meanings of illness experience. In countries such as India, Cambodia and Muslim majority countries, they each share alternative epistemologies. These are known as knowledge systems that focus on the connections between mind, body, culture, nature, and society. Cultural perceptions of mental disorders such as psychosis or schizophrenia are believed to be caused by jinn (spirits) in Muslim majority countries. Furthermore, those in Arab-Muslim societies perceive those who act differently than the social norm as "crazy" or as abnormal behaviour. This differs from the lived experience of individuals in India and how they attain their perspectives on mental health issues through a variety of spiritual and healing traditions. In Cambodia, hallucinations are linked with spirit visitation, a term they call "cultural kindling". These examples of differences are attributed to culture and the way it shapes conceptions of mental disorders. These cultural differences can be useful in bridging the gap of cultural understanding and psychiatric signs and symptoms.

Diagnosis

To make a diagnosis of a mental illness in someone with psychosis other potential causes must be excluded. An initial assessment includes a comprehensive history and physical examination by a health care provider. Tests may be done to exclude substance use, medication, toxins, surgical complications, or other medical illnesses. A person with psychosis is referred to as psychotic.

Delirium should be ruled out, which can be distinguished by visual hallucinations, acute onset and fluctuating level of consciousness, indicating other underlying factors, including medical illnesses. Excluding medical illnesses associated with psychosis is performed by using blood tests to measure:

Other investigations include:

Because psychosis may be precipitated or exacerbated by common classes of medications, medication-induced psychosis should be ruled out, particularly for first-episode psychosis. Both substance- and medication-induced psychosis can be excluded to a high level of certainty, using toxicology screening.

Because some dietary supplements may also induce psychosis or mania, but cannot be ruled out with laboratory tests, a psychotic individual's family, partner, or friends should be asked whether the patient is currently taking any dietary supplements.

Common mistakes made when diagnosing people who are psychotic include:

  • Not properly excluding delirium,
  • Not appreciating medical abnormalities (e.g., vital signs),
  • Not obtaining a medical history and family history,
  • Indiscriminate screening without an organizing framework,
  • Missing a toxic psychosis by not screening for substances and medications,
  • Not asking their family or others about dietary supplements,
  • Premature diagnostic closure, and
  • Not revisiting or questioning the initial diagnostic impression of primary psychiatric disorder.

Only after relevant and known causes of psychosis are excluded, a mental health clinician may make a psychiatric differential diagnosis using a person's family history, incorporating information from the person with psychosis, and information from family, friends, or significant others.

Types of psychosis in psychiatric disorders may be established by formal rating scales. The Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) assesses the level of 18 symptom constructs of psychosis such as hostility, suspicion, hallucination, and grandiosity. It is based on the clinician's interview with the patient and observations of the patient's behavior over the previous 2–3 days. The patient's family can also answer questions on the behavior report. During the initial assessment and the follow-up, both positive and negative symptoms of psychosis can be assessed using the 30 item Positive and Negative Symptom Scale (PANSS).

The DSM-5 characterizes disorders as psychotic or on the schizophrenia spectrum if they involve hallucinations, delusions, disorganized thinking, grossly disorganized motor behavior, or negative symptoms. The DSM-5 does not include psychosis as a definition in the glossary, although it defines "psychotic features", as well as "psychoticism" with respect to personality disorder. The ICD-10 has no specific definition of psychosis.

The PSQ (Psychosis Screening Questionnaire) is the most common tool in detecting psychotic symptoms and it includes five root questions that assess the presence of PLE (mania, thought insertion, paranoia, strange experiences and perceptual disturbances) The different tools used to assess symptom severity include the Revised Behavior and Symptom Identification Scale (BASIS-R), a 24-item self-report instrument with six scales: psychosis, depression/functioning, interpersonal problems, alcohol/drug use, self-harm, and emotional lability. The Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R), a 90-item self assessment tool that measures psychoticism and paranoid ideation in addition to seven other symptom scales. Finally, the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI), a 53-item self-administered scale developed from the SCL-90-R. The BSI has good psychometric properties and is an acceptable brief alternative to the SCL-90-R. These seem to be the most accurate tools at the moment, but a research in 2007 that focused on quantifying self-reports of auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH) in persons with psychosis, suggest that The Hamilton Program for Schizophrenia Voices Questionnaire (HPSVQ) is also potentially a reliable and useful measure for specifically quantifying AVHs in relation to psychosis.

Factor analysis of symptoms generally regarded as psychosis frequently yields a five factor solution, albeit five factors that are distinct from the five domains defined by the DSM-5 to encompass psychotic or schizophrenia spectrum disorders. The five factors are frequently labeled as hallucinations, delusions, disorganization, excitement, and emotional distress. The DSM-5 emphasizes a psychotic spectrum, wherein the low end is characterized by schizoid personality disorder, and the high end is characterized by schizophrenia.

Prevention

The evidence for the effectiveness of early interventions to prevent psychosis appeared inconclusive. But psychosis caused by drugs can be prevented. Whilst early intervention in those with a psychotic episode might improve short-term outcomes, little benefit was seen from these measures after five years. However, there is evidence that cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) may reduce the risk of becoming psychotic in those at high risk, and in 2014 the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommended preventive CBT for people at risk of psychosis.

Treatment

The treatment of psychosis depends on the specific diagnosis (such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or substance intoxication). The first-line treatment for many psychotic disorders is antipsychotic medication, which can reduce the positive symptoms of psychosis in about 7 to 14 days. For youth or adolescents, treatment options include medications, psychological interventions, and social interventions.

Medication

The choice of which antipsychotic to use is based on benefits, risks, and costs. It is debatable whether, as a class, typical or atypical antipsychotics are better. Tentative evidence supports that amisulpride, olanzapine, risperidone and clozapine may be more effective for positive symptoms but result in more side effects. Typical antipsychotics have equal drop-out and symptom relapse rates to atypicals when used at low to moderate dosages. There is a good response in 40–50%, a partial response in 30–40%, and treatment resistance (failure of symptoms to respond satisfactorily after six weeks to two or three different antipsychotics) in 20% of people. Clozapine is an effective treatment for those who respond poorly to other drugs ("treatment-resistant" or "refractory" schizophrenia), but it has the potentially serious side effect of agranulocytosis (lowered white blood cell count) in less than 4% of people.

Most people on antipsychotics get side effects. People on typical antipsychotics tend to have a higher rate of extrapyramidal side effects while some atypicals are associated with considerable weight gain, diabetes and risk of metabolic syndrome; this is most pronounced with olanzapine, while risperidone and quetiapine are also associated with weight gain. Risperidone has a similar rate of extrapyramidal symptoms to haloperidol.

Psychotherapy

Psychological treatments such as acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) are possibly useful in the treatment of psychosis, helping people to focus more on what they can do in terms of valued life directions despite challenging symptomology. Metacognitive training (MCT) is associated with reduced delusions, hallucinations and negative symptoms as well as improved self-esteem and functioning in individuals with schizophrenia spectrum disorders.

There are many psychosocial interventions that seek to treat the symptoms of psychosis: need adapted treatment, Open Dialogue, psychoanalysis/psychodynamic psychotherapy, major role therapy, soteria, psychosocial outpatient and inpatient treatment, milieu therapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). In relation to the success of CBT for psychosis, a randomized controlled trial for a Web-based CBTp (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Psychosis) skills program named Coping With Voices (CWV) suggest that the program has promise for increasing access to CBTp. It also associated benefits in the management of distressing psychotic symptoms and improved social functioning. When CBT and the other psychosocial interventions these are used without antipsychotic medications, they may be somewhat effective for some people, especially for CBT, need-adapted treatment, and soteria.

Early intervention

Main article: Early intervention in psychosis

Early intervention in psychosis is based on the observation that identifying and treating someone in the early stages of a psychosis can improve their longer term outcome. This approach advocates the use of an intensive multi-disciplinary approach during what is known as the critical period, where intervention is the most effective, and prevents the long-term morbidity associated with chronic psychotic illness.

Systematic reform

Addressing systematic reform is essential to creating effective prevention as well as supporting treatments and recovery for those with psychosis.

Waghorn et al. suggest that education interventions can be a building block to support those with psychosis to successfully participate in society. In their study they analyse the relationship between successful education attainment and psychosis. Findings suggest proportionately more school aged persons with psychosis discontinued their education, compared to those without psychosis.

Waghorn et al. finds that specialised supported education for those with psychotic disorders can help lead to successful education attainment. Additionally, future employment outcomes are relative to such education attainment. Established approaches to supported education in the US include three basic models, self-contained classrooms, onsite support model and the mobile support model. Each model includes the participation of mental health service staff or educational facility staff in the student's education arrangements.

Potential benefits of specialised supported education found from this study include coordination with other service providers (e.g. income support, housing, etc.) to prevent disrupting education, providing specialised career counselling, development of coping skills in the academic environment. These examples provide beneficial ways for people with psychosis to finish studies successfully as well as counter future experiences of psychosis.

History

Etymology

The word psychosis was introduced to the psychiatric literature in 1841 by Karl Friedrich Canstatt in his work Handbuch der Medizinischen Klinik. He used it as a shorthand for 'psychic neurosis'. At that time neurosis meant any disease of the nervous system, and Canstatt was thus referring to what was considered a psychological manifestation of brain disease. Ernst von Feuchtersleben is also widely credited as introducing the term in 1845, as an alternative to insanity and mania.

The term stems from Modern Latin psychosis, "a giving soul or life to, animating, quickening" and that from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psyche), "soul" and the suffix -ωσις (-osis), in this case "abnormal condition".

In its adjective form "psychotic", references to psychosis can be found in both clinical and non-clinical discussions. However, in a non-clinical context, "psychotic" is a nonspecific colloquialism used to mean "insane".

Classification

The word was also used to distinguish a condition considered a disorder of the mind, as opposed to neurosis, which was considered a disorder of the nervous system. The psychoses thus became the modern equivalent of the old notion of madness, and hence there was much debate on whether there was only one (unitary) or many forms of the new disease. One type of broad usage would later be narrowed down by Koch in 1891 to the 'psychopathic inferiorities'—later renamed abnormal personalities by Schneider.

The division of the major psychoses into manic depressive illness (now called bipolar disorder) and dementia praecox (now called schizophrenia) was made by Emil Kraepelin, who attempted to create a synthesis of the various mental disorders identified by 19th-century psychiatrists, by grouping diseases together based on classification of common symptoms. Kraepelin used the term 'manic depressive insanity' to describe the whole spectrum of mood disorders, in a far wider sense than it is usually used today.

In Kraepelin's classification this would include 'unipolar' clinical depression, as well as bipolar disorder and other mood disorders such as cyclothymia. These are characterised by problems with mood control and the psychotic episodes appear associated with disturbances in mood, and patients often have periods of normal functioning between psychotic episodes even without medication. Schizophrenia is characterized by psychotic episodes that appear unrelated to disturbances in mood, and most non-medicated patients show signs of disturbance between psychotic episodes.

Treatment

Written record of supernatural causes and resultant treatments can be traced back to the New Testament. Mark 5:8–13 describes a man displaying what would today be described as psychotic symptoms. Christ cured this "demonic madness" by casting out the demons and hurling them into a herd of swine. Exorcism is still utilized in some religious circles as a treatment for psychosis presumed to be demonic possession. A research study of out-patients in psychiatric clinics found that 30 percent of religious patients attributed the cause of their psychotic symptoms to evil spirits. Many of these patients underwent exorcistic healing rituals that, though largely regarded as positive experiences by the patients, had no effect on symptomology. Results did, however, show a significant worsening of psychotic symptoms associated with exclusion of medical treatment for coercive forms of exorcism.

Bust of Hippocrates

The medical teachings of the fourth-century philosopher and physician Hippocrates of Cos proposed a natural, rather than supernatural, cause of human illness. In Hippocrates' work, the Hippocratic corpus, a holistic explanation for health and disease was developed to include madness and other "diseases of the mind". Hippocrates writes:

Men ought to know that from the brain, and from the brain only, arise our pleasures, joys, laughter, and jests, as well as our sorrows, pains, griefs and tears. Through it, in particular, we think, see, hear, and distinguish the ugly from the beautiful, the bad from the good, the pleasant from the unpleasant.... It is the same thing which makes us mad or delirious, inspires us with dread and fear, whether by night or by day, brings sleeplessness, inopportune mistakes, aimless anxieties, absentmindedness, and acts that are contrary to habit.

Hippocrates espoused a theory of humoralism wherein disease is resultant of a shifting balance in bodily fluids including blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile. According to humoralism, each fluid or "humour" has temperamental or behavioral correlates. In the case of psychosis, symptoms are thought to be caused by an excess of both blood and yellow bile. Thus, the proposed surgical intervention for psychotic or manic behavior was bloodletting.

18th-century physician, educator, and widely considered "founder of American psychiatry", Benjamin Rush, also prescribed bloodletting as a first-line treatment for psychosis. Although not a proponent of humoralism, Rush believed that active purging and bloodletting were efficacious corrections for disruptions in the circulatory system, a complication he believed was the primary cause of "insanity". Although Rush's treatment modalities are now considered antiquated and brutish, his contributions to psychiatry, namely the biological underpinnings of psychiatric phenomenon including psychosis, have been invaluable to the field. In honor of such contributions, Benjamin Rush's image is in the official seal of the American Psychiatric Association.

Early 20th-century treatments for severe and persisting psychosis were characterized by an emphasis on shocking the nervous system. Such therapies include insulin shock therapy, cardiazol shock therapy, and electroconvulsive therapy. Despite considerable risk, shock therapy was considered highly efficacious in the treatment of psychosis including schizophrenia. The acceptance of high-risk treatments led to more invasive medical interventions including psychosurgery.

Gottlieb Burckhardt (1836–1907)

In 1888, Swiss psychiatrist Gottlieb Burckhardt performed the first medically sanctioned psychosurgery in which the cerebral cortex was excised. Although some patients showed improvement of symptoms and became more subdued, one patient died and several developed aphasia or seizure disorders. Burckhardt would go on to publish his clinical outcomes in a scholarly paper. This procedure was met with criticism from the medical community and his academic and surgical endeavors were largely ignored. In the late 1930s, Egas Moniz conceived the leucotomy (AKA prefrontal lobotomy) in which the fibers connecting the frontal lobes to the rest of the brain were severed. Moniz's primary inspiration stemmed from a demonstration by neuroscientists John Fulton and Carlyle's 1935 experiment in which two chimpanzees were given leucotomies and pre- and post-surgical behavior was compared. Prior to the leucotomy, the chimps engaged in typical behavior including throwing feces and fighting. After the procedure, both chimps were pacified and less violent. During the Q&A, Moniz asked if such a procedure could be extended to human subjects, a question that Fulton admitted was quite startling. Moniz would go on to extend the controversial practice to humans with various psychotic disorders, an endeavor for which he received a Nobel Prize in 1949. Between the late 1930s and early 1970s, the leucotomy was a widely accepted practice, often performed in non-sterile environments such as small outpatient clinics and patient homes. Psychosurgery remained standard practice until the discovery of antipsychotic pharmacology in the 1950s.

The first clinical trial of antipsychotics (also commonly known as neuroleptics) for the treatment of psychosis took place in 1952. Chlorpromazine (brand name: Thorazine) passed clinical trials and became the first antipsychotic medication approved for the treatment of both acute and chronic psychosis. Although the mechanism of action was not discovered until 1963, the administration of chlorpromazine marked the advent of the dopamine antagonist, or first generation antipsychotic. While clinical trials showed a high response rate for both acute psychosis and disorders with psychotic features, the side effects were particularly harsh, which included high rates of often irreversible Parkinsonian symptoms such as tardive dyskinesia. With the advent of atypical antipsychotics (also known as second generation antipsychotics) came a dopamine antagonist with a comparable response rate but a far different, though still extensive, side-effect profile that included a lower risk of Parkinsonian symptoms but a higher risk of cardiovascular disease. Atypical antipsychotics remain the first-line treatment for psychosis associated with various psychiatric and neurological disorders including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, anxiety disorders, dementia, and some autism spectrum disorders.

Dopamine is now one of the primary neurotransmitters implicated in psychotic symptomology. Blocking dopamine receptors (namely, the dopamine D2 receptors) and decreasing dopaminergic activity continues to be an effective but highly unrefined effect of antipsychotics, which are commonly used to treat psychosis. Recent pharmacological research suggests that the decrease in dopaminergic activity does not eradicate psychotic delusions or hallucinations, but rather attenuates the reward mechanisms involved in the development of delusional thinking; that is, connecting or finding meaningful relationships between unrelated stimuli or ideas. The author of this research paper acknowledges the importance of future investigation:

The model presented here is based on incomplete knowledge related to dopamine, schizophrenia, and antipsychotics—and as such will need to evolve as more is known about these.

— Shitij Kapur, From dopamine to salience to psychosis—linking biology, pharmacology and phenomenology of psychosis

Freud's former student Wilhelm Reich explored independent insights into the physical effects of neurotic and traumatic upbringing, and published his holistic psychoanalytic treatment with a schizophrenic. With his incorporation of breathwork and insight with the patient, a young woman, she achieved sufficient self-management skills to end the therapy.

Lacan extended Freud's ideas to create a psychoanalytic model of psychosis based upon the concept of "foreclosure", the rejection of the symbolic concept of the father.

Psychiatrist David Healy has criticised pharmaceutical companies for promoting simplified biological theories of mental illness that seem to imply the primacy of pharmaceutical treatments while ignoring social and developmental factors that are known important influences in the etiology of psychosis.

Society and culture

Disability

The classification of psychosis as a social disability is a common occurrence.

Psychosis is considered to be among the top 10 causes of social disability among adult men and women in developed countries. The traditional, negative narrative around disability has been shown to adversely influence employment and education for people experiencing psychosis.

Social disability by way of social disconnection is a significant public health concern and is associated with a broad range of negative outcomes, including premature mortality. Social disconnection refers to the ongoing absence of family or social relationships with marginal participation in social activities.

Research on psychosis found that reduced participation in social networks, not only negatively effects the individual on a physical and mental level, it has been shown that failure to be included in social networks influences the individual's ability to participate in the wider community through employment and education opportunities.

Equal opportunity to participate in meaningful relationships with friends, family and partners, as well as engaging in social constructs such as employment, can provide significant physical and mental value to people's lives. And how breaking the disability mindset around people experiencing psychosis is imperative for their overall, long-term health and well-being as well as the contributions they are able to make to their immediate social connections and the wider community.

Research

Further research in the form of randomized controlled trials is needed to determine the effectiveness of treatment approaches for helping adolescents with psychosis. Through 10 randomized clinical trials, studies showed that Early Intervention Services (EIS) for patients with early-phase schizophrenia spectrum disorders have generated promising outcomes. EIS are specifically intended to fulfill the needs of patients with early-phase psychosis. In addition, one meta-analysis that consisted of four randomized clinical trials has examined and discovered the efficacy of EIS to Therapy as Usual (TAU) for early-phase psychosis, revealing that EIS techniques are superior to TAU.

A study suggests that combining cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) with SlowMo, an app that helps notice their "unhelpful quick-thinking", might be more effective for treating paranoia in people with psychosis than CBT alone.

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