What Is a Psychotic Episode?
4. Causes
There is a lot that we still don’t know about psychosis and what causes it, but we do know that some people are at higher risk than others. One of these is that it appears to be hereditary in some cases. In addition, some diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s are thought to make it more likely.
Damage caused by strokes, injuries, and tumors can also make more psychosis more likely. What’s more is that people that use certain drugs like LSD, methamphetamines, and marijuana are also more likely to have a psychotic episode. In some cases, it is also bought on by extreme emotional trauma like sexual assault and being involved in serious incidents.
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