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=== Clinic === | === Clinic === | ||
* Psychosis is | * Psychosis is difficulties determining what is real and what is not real. | ||
* | * The neurotransmitter dopamine is believed to play an important role. | ||
=== | === An [[Entities list|entity]] or a [[Diseases list|disease]]? === | ||
* I think it is an entity which has Impaired insight, [[Hallucination]] and [[Delusion|Delusions]] as a sign. | |||
* Most of psychotic patients has Hallucination / Delusions but it dose not means that Psychosis equals to them. | |||
* [[Temporal Lobe Epilepsy|Temporal Lobe epilepsy]] is a good example in which the patients have hallucinations, but they usually aware that their hallucinations are not real, so they are not categorized as psychotics. | |||
* Hallucinatory disease is another example of patient who have only hallucination but not psychosis. | |||
* On the other hand, it is possible to see some psychotic patient, who does not have Delusion. | |||
=== | === Sign/ Symptoms === | ||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
* Delusions | !Main symptoms | ||
* Incoherent | !Negative symptoms | ||
|- | |||
| | |||
*Delusions / Hallucinations | |||
* Incoherent Speech/ Behavior | |||
* Sleep problems | * Sleep problems | ||
* Difficulties carrying out daily activities | * Difficulties carrying out daily activities | ||
| | |||
*Reduced emotional expression (Flat affect) | |||
* Decreased motivation (Avolition) | |||
* Reduced emotional expression ( | * Reduced spontaneous speech (Poverty of speech, Alogia) | ||
* Decreased motivation ( | |||
* Reduced spontaneous speech ( | |||
* Lack interest and spontaneity | * Lack interest and spontaneity | ||
* Anhedonia | * Anhedonia | ||
* Social withdrawal | * Social withdrawal | ||
|} | |||
* Here we see a lot of Sign/ Symptoms. But considering them more deeply, we could discover that these are Sign / Symptoms of Psychotic disease such as [[Schizophrenia]] but not specifically Psychosis. | |||
* Therefore I suggest only four of them [[Hallucination]], [[Delusion|Delusions]], Behavioral change and Alterd thought pattern | |||
* Schizophrenia | === Causes === | ||
* Bipolar disorder | {| class="wikitable" | ||
!Related disease | |||
!Static causes | |||
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*[[Schizophrenia]] | |||
*Schizoaffective disorder | |||
* [[Bipolar disorder]] | |||
* Sensory deprivation | * Sensory deprivation | ||
* Psychotic depression | * Psychotic depression | ||
* Trauma | * NMDR encephalitis | ||
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*Trauma | |||
* Sleep deprivation | * Sleep deprivation | ||
* Certain medications | * Certain medications | ||
* Postpartum psychosis | * Postpartum psychosis | ||
|} | |||
=== | === Entity / Miasms === | ||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
! | |||
!RBS | |||
!JE | |||
![[LCM, Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus|LCM]] | |||
!EBV | |||
![[NVCJD, New Variant Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease|NVCJD]] | |||
!HIV | |||
!EEE/ WEE/ | |||
BKV/JCV | |||
STLE | |||
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|[[Hallucination]] | |||
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|[[Delusion|Delusions]] | |||
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|Behavioral change | |||
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|Thought pattern | |||
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|Psychosis | |||
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Latest revision as of 00:17, 28 January 2024
Clinic
- Psychosis is difficulties determining what is real and what is not real.
- The neurotransmitter dopamine is believed to play an important role.
An entity or a disease?
- I think it is an entity which has Impaired insight, Hallucination and Delusions as a sign.
- Most of psychotic patients has Hallucination / Delusions but it dose not means that Psychosis equals to them.
- Temporal Lobe epilepsy is a good example in which the patients have hallucinations, but they usually aware that their hallucinations are not real, so they are not categorized as psychotics.
- Hallucinatory disease is another example of patient who have only hallucination but not psychosis.
- On the other hand, it is possible to see some psychotic patient, who does not have Delusion.
Sign/ Symptoms
Main symptoms | Negative symptoms |
---|---|
|
|
- Here we see a lot of Sign/ Symptoms. But considering them more deeply, we could discover that these are Sign / Symptoms of Psychotic disease such as Schizophrenia but not specifically Psychosis.
- Therefore I suggest only four of them Hallucination, Delusions, Behavioral change and Alterd thought pattern
Causes
Related disease | Static causes |
---|---|
|
|
Entity / Miasms
RBS | JE | LCM | EBV | NVCJD | HIV | EEE/ WEE/
BKV/JCV STLE | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hallucination | +++ | +++ | +++ | +++ | +++ | +++ | +++ |
Delusions | +++ | +++ | +++ | +++ | +++ | +++ | +++ |
Behavioral change | +++ | +++ | +++ | +++ | +++ | +++ | +++ |
Thought pattern | +++ | +++ | +++ | +++ | +++ | ||
Psychosis | +++ | +++ | +++ | +++ | +++ | +++ |