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Psychosis
Psychosis: When you lose touch with reality and see, hear, or believe things that aren’t real, doctors call that psychosis. You may have delusions. That means you hold on to untrue or strange beliefs. You might also have hallucinations. That’s when you imagine you hear or see something that doesn’t exist. Psychosis is a symptom, not an illness. A mental or physical illness, substance abuse, or extreme stress or trauma can cause it. Psychotic disorders, like schizophrenia, are mental illnesses that involve psychosis that usually happens for the first time in the late teen years or early adulthood. Young people are especially vulnerable for reasons doctors don’t fully understand. Even before the first episode psychosis (FEP), they may also show subtle signs of behavioral changes. This is called the prodromal period and could last days, weeks, months.or even years.
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OCT 20, 2025Neuroscience
Skin conditions such as rashes or itching among those with their first psychotic episode may serve as early warning sign ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 28, 2025Cannabis Sciences
High-concentration THC products are linked to unfavourable mental health outcomes like psychosis, schizophrenia, and can ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 24, 2025Cannabis Sciences
People with cannabis use disorder (CUD) have higher dopamine levels in an area of the brain linked to psychosis.Written By: Annie LennonNOV 28, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
The definition of psychosis is loose. The NIMH states that psychosis consists of "a collection of symptoms that affect t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 21, 2024Cannabis Sciences
A new study found that young adults at risk of psychosis have reduced brain connectivity, which seems to be worsened by ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 17, 2024Cannabis Sciences
A new study suggests that high-potency cannabis influences DNA methylation and leaves a distinct mark on DNA.Written By: Annie LennonSEP 15, 2024Neuroscience
High doses of amphetamine-based medications for ADHD, like Adderall, are linked to an over five times higher risk of psy ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 10, 2024Neuroscience
Adults with psychosis are three times more likely to have Bartonella DNA in their blood than those without. The findings ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 05, 2024Cannabis Sciences
A University of Bath research team examined the effects of higher-potency cannabis on young people. The study found that ...Written By: Kerry CharronAPR 16, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
New research has suggested that the delusions and hallucinations that psychosis patients experience result from the malf ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 08, 2024Microbiology
Tens of thousands of people die from antibiotic resistant infections very year, and these pathogenic microbes present a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 17, 2024Cardiology
Certain drugs significantly increase the risk of arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death.Written By: Savannah LoganJAN 12, 2024Neuroscience
Early Onset Psychosis (EOP) remains a rare enigma, posing challenges for researchers aiming to unravel its complexities. ...Written By: Amielle MorenoJAN 10, 2024Cannabis Sciences
A study published in Frontiers in Psychiatry used brain imaging to examine dopamine receptor D2 availability in cannabis ...Written By: Kerry CharronJAN 09, 2024Cannabis Sciences
A Southern Methodist University (SMU) research study examined the perceptions of patients with early-onset psychosis and ...Written By: Kerry CharronDEC 29, 2023Cannabis Sciences
While young people diagnosed with early psychosis understand the importance of discontinuing substances like cann ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 26, 2023Cannabis Sciences
Can cannabis help relieve symptoms of Alzheimer's? Here's the detailsWritten By: Helaine KrysikOCT 05, 2023Cannabis Sciences
A University of Bath research team developed a portable, low-cost instrument that detects the presence of illegal drugs ...Written By: Kerry CharronSEP 28, 2023Cannabis Sciences
A recent study published in JAMA Psychiatry examines individuals impacted by substance abuse who visit an emergency depa ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 02, 2023Neuroscience
A diagnosis of obesity may precede mental health diagnoses more often than the other way around. The corresponding study ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 20, 2023Genetics & Genomics
Social stress can affect the way genes are expressed. A new study has found that epigenetic effects could explain why so ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 20, 2023Cannabis Sciences
How does cannabis affect people over 65? What do older consumers need to look out for?Written By: Helaine KrysikJAN 12, 2023Neuroscience
Three weeks of Prolonged Exposure therapy (PET) significantly reduces PTSD symptoms in military personnel and veterans. ...Written By: Annie LennonJAN 12, 2023Cannabis Sciences
Experts disagree as to what the risks are from consuming cannabis, if any. Here's the details.Written By: Helaine Krysik
OCT 20, 2025
Neuroscience
Skin conditions such as rashes or itching among those with their first psychotic episode may serve as early warning sign
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 28, 2025
Cannabis Sciences
High-concentration THC products are linked to unfavourable mental health outcomes like psychosis, schizophrenia, and can
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 24, 2025
Cannabis Sciences
People with cannabis use disorder (CUD) have higher dopamine levels in an area of the brain linked to psychosis.
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 28, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
The definition of psychosis is loose. The NIMH states that psychosis consists of "a collection of symptoms that affect t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 21, 2024
Cannabis Sciences
A new study found that young adults at risk of psychosis have reduced brain connectivity, which seems to be worsened by
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 17, 2024
Cannabis Sciences
A new study suggests that high-potency cannabis influences DNA methylation and leaves a distinct mark on DNA.
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 15, 2024
Neuroscience
High doses of amphetamine-based medications for ADHD, like Adderall, are linked to an over five times higher risk of psy
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 10, 2024
Neuroscience
Adults with psychosis are three times more likely to have Bartonella DNA in their blood than those without. The findings
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 05, 2024
Cannabis Sciences
A University of Bath research team examined the effects of higher-potency cannabis on young people. The study found that
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
APR 16, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
New research has suggested that the delusions and hallucinations that psychosis patients experience result from the malf
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 08, 2024
Microbiology
Tens of thousands of people die from antibiotic resistant infections very year, and these pathogenic microbes present a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 17, 2024
Cardiology
Certain drugs significantly increase the risk of arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death.
Written By:
Savannah Logan
JAN 12, 2024
Neuroscience
Early Onset Psychosis (EOP) remains a rare enigma, posing challenges for researchers aiming to unravel its complexities.
...
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
JAN 10, 2024
Cannabis Sciences
A study published in Frontiers in Psychiatry used brain imaging to examine dopamine receptor D2 availability in cannabis
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
JAN 09, 2024
Cannabis Sciences
A Southern Methodist University (SMU) research study examined the perceptions of patients with early-onset psychosis and
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
DEC 29, 2023
Cannabis Sciences
While young people diagnosed with early psychosis understand the importance of discontinuing substances like cann
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 26, 2023
Cannabis Sciences
Can cannabis help relieve symptoms of Alzheimer's? Here's the details
Written By:
Helaine Krysik
OCT 05, 2023
Cannabis Sciences
A University of Bath research team developed a portable, low-cost instrument that detects the presence of illegal drugs
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
SEP 28, 2023
Cannabis Sciences
A recent study published in JAMA Psychiatry examines individuals impacted by substance abuse who visit an emergency depa
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 02, 2023
Neuroscience
A diagnosis of obesity may precede mental health diagnoses more often than the other way around. The corresponding study
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 20, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Social stress can affect the way genes are expressed. A new study has found that epigenetic effects could explain why so
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 20, 2023
Cannabis Sciences
How does cannabis affect people over 65? What do older consumers need to look out for?
Written By:
Helaine Krysik
JAN 12, 2023
Neuroscience
Three weeks of Prolonged Exposure therapy (PET) significantly reduces PTSD symptoms in military personnel and veterans.
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JAN 12, 2023
Cannabis Sciences
Experts disagree as to what the risks are from consuming cannabis, if any. Here's the details.
Written By:
Helaine Krysik