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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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JUN 21, 2017
Neuroscience
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...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 16, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
When a 60-year-old Spanish woman became overly religious seemingly overnight, her family and friends were perplexed and
...
OCT 22, 2016
Videos
In July of 1518, a sizable group of people in Strasbourg, France (as many as 400) appeared to have "contracted" a sudden
...
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...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 16, 2016
Immunology
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...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 13, 2016
Health & Medicine
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...
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Julianne Chiaet
AUG 06, 2016
Health & Medicine
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MAY 23, 2016
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APR 09, 2016
Health & Medicine
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Videos
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...
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MAR 07, 2016
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...
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FEB 16, 2016
Cannabis Sciences
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...
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JAN 14, 2016
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DEC 09, 2015
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AUG 14, 2015
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APR 08, 2015
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...
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MAR 17, 2015
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