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Schizophrenia: An Overview

Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe mental disorder that affects the way a person thinks, acts, expresses emotions, perceives reality, and relates t...

What is a Psychotic Disorder?

Schizophreniform disorder: This includes symptoms of schizophrenia, but the symptoms last for a shorter time: between 1 and 6 months. Find out more...

Delusions and Delusional Disorder

People with delusional disorder often can continue to socialize and function normally, apart from the subject of their delusion, and generally do n...

Why Am I Hearing Things that Arent There?

This depends on what’s causing you to hear things. Often, what people hear is voices. For example, your doctor might suggest you see a psychiatrist...

Hallucinations

Then they'll ask about your symptoms. This medicine treats hallucinations and delusions linked to psychosis that affect some people with Parkinson’...

What is Catatonia?

But doctors now understand that other mental illnesses and some conditions that throw off your body’s metabolism also can make you catatonic. Docto...

Psychosis and Psychotic Episodes

Psychosis is a condition that affects the way your brain processes information. Psychosis can also be a symptom of a mental illness, like schizophr...

What is Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome?

Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) is a rare reaction to antipsychotic drugs that treat schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and other mental health ...