Psychosis

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Psychosis is a loss of contact with reality, usually including false ideas about what is taking place or who one is (delusions) and seeing or hearing things that aren't there (hallucinations).

Psychotic

Psychosis is a severe mental condition in which there is a loss of contact with reality. There are many possible causes:

• Alcohol and certain drugs
• Brain tumors
• Dementia (including Alzheimer's disease )
• Epilepsy
• Manic depression (bipolar disorder)
• Psychotic depression
• Schizophrenia
• Stroke

Review Date: 02/06/2008
Reviewed By: Christos Ballas, M.D., Attending Psychiatrist, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

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