Regional Referral Psychiatric Hospital, Odesa, Odesa Region, Ukraine.
Review Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2022, 13(01), 065-071
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2022.13.1.0759
Received on 28 November 2021; revised on 01 January 2022; accepted on 03 January 2022
Psychosis is understood as the brightest manifestations of mental illness, in which the patient's mental activity does not correspond to the surrounding reality, the reflection of the real world in consciousness is sharply distorted, which manifests itself in behavioral disorders, abnormal pathological symptoms and syndromes. Psychosis is a combination of biological (genetic, neuroanatomical, neurophysiological), psychological and social factors in various proportions. Psychoses are classified according to their origin (etiology) and reasons (pathogenetic mechanisms of development) into endogenous (including endogenous psychoses include schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, some psychotic forms of affective disorders), organic, somatogenic, psychogenic (reactive, situational), intoxication, withdrawal and post-withdrawal. Most often, psychoses develop in the framework of so-called endogenous disorder. The concepts of psychosis and schizophrenia are often equated, which is incorrect as psychotic disorders can occur in a number of mental illnesses: Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia, chronic alcoholism, drug addiction, epilepsy, intellectual disabilities, etc. Other types of psychosis, such as infectious, somatic and intoxication psychoses are quite often find among patients in non-psychiatric practices. This review article is a good educational material for medical and psychological practitioners whose goal is to improve knowledge and diagnostic processes of psychosis and its related disorders.
Psychosis; Schizophrenia; Mood Disorders; Child Psychosis; Psychosis in General Practice; Depression; Bipolar Disorder; Delirium
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Gayane Kirakosyan and Alina Frolova. Understanding psychosis: diagnosis and clinical presentation (updates for clinicians). World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2022, 13(1), 065-071. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2022.13.1.0759