Psychosis is when a person loses touch with reality. This is the definition most recognized by the general public, and yes, it's simplistic and reductionistic. A more deeply textured definition would ...

—A long-term study, which followed patients for 25 years, found that individuals with schizophrenia and other psychoses were at higher risk of mild-to-moderate and severe impairment relative to adults ...

As I wrote in a previous post, there are six specific conditions within the Schizophrenia and Related Conditions (AKA psychotic disorders) chapter of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental ...

A groundbreaking international study of over 1,000 adolescents and young adults at risk for psychosis has found that social ...

A new analysis of data from a large international consortium indicates that social and academic difficulties often arise ...

Hippocampal alterations appear to be a common trait shared across the spectrum of psychotic disorders, new research suggests. Investigators found reductions in hippocampal volume and its subfields not ...

Research demonstrates that even people with conditions as serious as mine can make great parents. An eight-year study cited ...

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 ...

Mood disorders, such as depressive and bipolar disorders, refer to different psychiatric conditions that affect an individual‘s emotional state. Other types of psychiatric conditions, classified as ...

Teens who used marijuana in the last year had a significantly higher likelihood of developing a psychotic disorder, according to new research published Wednesday. The study, conducted by researchers ...

In a recent study published in the journal Psychological Medicine, researchers investigate the link between psychotic disorders and youth cannabis use. To this end, cannabis use was found to increase ...