Combining cannabis and tobacco increases the long-term risk of developing psychosis threefold in high-risk individuals.

People experiencing delusions during an episode of psychosis may be "living out" a deeply held emotion, according to new research that provides a "radically different perspective" on one of the most ...

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 ...

If you have either schizophrenia or psychosis you may experience symptoms like hallucinations or delusions. But although schizophrenia and psychosis have these symptoms in common, the two conditions ...

A Stanford Medicine-led study has found that there are two key systems malfunctioning in the brains of people with psychosis. One is a “filter” that directs attention toward important external events ...

The most common white blood cells in your body—immune cells called neutrophils—can make a protein nobody knew they were ...

Psychosis closely corresponds to the general public's idea of "madness," and essentially involves loss of contact with reality—believing things that are not true and/or experiencing things that are ...

Like all variants of cognitive behavioral therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy for psychosis (CBTp) is a short-term, structured form of psychotherapy based on the idea that the way someone thinks ...

Delusions are a symptom of psychosis. They involve strong beliefs in something that is not true. Certain mental health conditions, such as schizophrenia and delusional disorder, often involve ...

Implementing retinal screening in psychiatric practice could help to alleviate the significant burden on family caregivers.