Tag: psychotic episode

Talk therapy strengthens brain connections to treat psychosis

According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), psychosis describes a set of symptoms “where there has been some loss of contact with reality.” Such symptoms include delusions, hallucinations, and confused and disturbed thoughts, and they are often the result of mental illness, such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. However, psychosis can also be […]

Psychosis: Link to brain inflammation antibodies raises new treatment hope

The researchers – led by Belinda R. Lennox, a professor in the department of psychiatry at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom – report their findings in The Lancet Psychiatry. Psychosis is a condition that affects the mind, where there is some loss of contact with reality. Thoughts, feelings, and perceptions are disturbed […]