If you have either schizophrenia or psychosis you may experience symptoms like hallucinations or delusions. But although schizophrenia and psychosis have these symptoms in common, the two conditions ...

PTSD (Post-traumatic stress disorder) and psychosis are two distinct mental health conditions, but they can sometimes overlap. In some cases, PTSD can lead to psychotic symptoms. This is sometimes ...

Up to 40% of individuals with psychosis do not respond to antipsychotic medications, and the vast majority of those who take them experience troubling side effects. Rapid and significant weight gain, ...

“AI psychosis” is a term used to describe psychosis-like mental changes that can happen after heavy use of AI tools, such as chatbots. It’s more likely to happen in susceptible people. Limiting ...

Artificial intelligence is increasingly woven into everyday life, from chatbots that offer companionship to algorithms that shape what we see online. But as generative AI (genAI) becomes more ...

Psychosis is an experience marked by changes in how information is integrated. While the hallmarks of psychosis include qualities like hallucinations and unusual beliefs, the pathways to psychosis may ...

Leaders of the D.S.M., the world’s most influential psychiatric manual, have been split for more than five years over whether to recognize postpartum psychosis as a distinct disorder. Emily Sliwinski ...

In 2009, Dr. Jonathan Metzl, an American psychiatrist, published a powerful deep dive into psychosis in the United States in the mid-twentieth century. This book, titled The Protest Psychosis: How ...