A brief psychotic disorder is a psychiatric condition characterized by sudden and temporary periods of psychotic behavior, such as delusions, hallucinations, and confusion. Symptoms can endure for ...

Medically reviewed by Michael MacIntyre, MD Psychosis occurs when someone experiences a loss of contact with reality. This happens when a person's thoughts and perceptions become distorted, making it ...

If you're one of the growing numbers of women who use weed while pregnant, think twice: A new study found it may increase psychotic-like behaviors in children. The study, published Wednesday in JAMA ...

Treatment with Virtual Reality appears to work very well for people with psychosis. It works faster than the current treatment with cognitive behavioral therapy and is at least as effective. This is ...

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s romance was launched into the public eye at a Kansas City Chiefs game in 2023. They quickly became one of the most talked about couples in the world because of his ...

After states passed laws legalizing recreational cannabis, past-month use among people with psychosis increased by nearly 10 percentage points. People with psychotic disorders who use cannabis ...

Most people get into a relationship with the mindset that they can make it work and that it will last a long time. Nobody wants their love to fizzle out or to be broken up with, which is why it can ...

Content warning: Discussions of suicide and self-harm. Amidst the conversation, a new term has been coined: "AI psychosis." While not a formal clinical diagnosis, experts are using the term to denote ...

O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her ...

An inquest has started over the attack, which occurred on April 13, 2024 Ma Ping/Xinhua/Alamy Live News Joel Cauchi, the man who fatally stabbed six people in a Sydney mall on April 13, 2024, carried ...