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 ...

Alcohol-induced psychosis can happen after intoxication, during withdrawal, or it can be chronic among people living with alcohol use disorder (AUD). Here’s what it looks like. Alcohol is a ...

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

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 ...

Our brains anticipate sensory signals—such as sight, sound, smell, or touch—by relying on past experiences. When we bite into an apple, for example, we expect a sweet crunch because of all the other ...

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.

New research suggests that weight gained in the first 12 weeks of antipsychotic treatment is the biggest driver of long-term ...