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

The prevalence of smoking among people with psychosis is notoriously high, and smoking is often regarded as a form of self-medication, but a new analysis suggests smoking itself may play a causative ...

“AI psychosis” is an informal term that came about to describe feeling confused, anxious, or paranoid after interacting with ...

In 2018, there was a criminal case of a young woman who smoked a bong containing a high dose of cannabis (marijuana) provided by her new boyfriend. She was unaccustomed to smoking pot. After taking a ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - About 100,000 children and young people in the United States experience psychosis for the first time. It can be scary for the person going through it and their family. In ...

A Mission for Michael, a residential mental health treatment center with locations in California and Minnesota, has released ...

A new study investigates how anger associated with delusions — not simply being out of touch with reality — is critical in determining whether psychosis turns violent. The research, published in JAMA ...

Andrew Pines, MD, MA, a resident in the Department of Psychiatry at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and a researcher in the Center for Brain Circuit Therapeutics, is the lead author of a paper published ...

Psychosis and schizophrenia are related but distinct mental health conditions characterized by distorted thoughts, perceptions, and a sense of reality. Psychosis describes this specific collection of ...