10 Psychotic Episode Symptoms
Causes of Psychosis
Psychotic episodes, or psychosis, are generally considered a symptom of an underlying mental disorder, such as schizophrenia. Depression and bipolar disorder are also common conditions that may perpetuate psychotic episodes.2‘RAISE Questions and Answers’ National Institute of Mental Health, nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/schizophrenia/raise/raise-questions-and-answers
Additional causes can include drug and alcohol use, sleep deprivation, exposure to trauma, some prescription medications and prolonged periods of extreme stress.2‘RAISE Questions and Answers’ National Institute of Mental Health, nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/schizophrenia/raise/raise-questions-and-answers There are many forms of psychosis and episodes can range in severity, so how they're addressed may be based on causes as well as a person's history.
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