People with a history of psychosis often also have attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, treating this ...

Can music treat psychosis? A new study reveals how songwriting helps schizophrenia patients improve predictive coding, ...

Delusions are a symptom of psychosis. They involve strong beliefs in something that is not true. Certain mental health conditions, such as schizophrenia and delusional disorder, often involve ...

I’ve devoted my career to understanding psychosis and working with patients who experience it. A large number of people suffer from this condition—roughly 1% of the population has been given a ...

A Stanford Medicine-led study has found that there are two key systems malfunctioning in the brains of people with psychosis. One is a “filter” that directs attention toward important external events ...

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 ...

Far from the respiratory disease it seemed at first, COVID can impact almost all parts of the body, including the brain. For a small number of people, COVID infection may be accompanied by an episode ...

When people think of psychosis, they often imagine someone in a full-blown state of delusion—hearing voices, seeing things that aren’t there, or believing the government is tracking their every move.

Of the many harms attributed to cannabis use, few have garnered as much attention as the frightening association of cannabis with psychosis. From the 1936 exploitation film “Reefer Madness” to a ...

APOE4 homozygosity increased risk for psychosis in Alzheimer disease, with women vs men showing higher odds for delusions and hallucinations.