Case Study

 

 

  • Not a dagnosis, Psycosis is a description
  • Psycosis: When a person gets unattached from reality
  • 2 Characteristics – Hallucinations – Delusions
  • Reality in Psycosis is different from everyone else.

 

  • Thinking something is real
  • Hallucinations are strong enough to believe they know the secrets of the world.
  • Teenagers – early 20’s most develop pschosis
  • Can happen at any breaking point.
  • Medication forms psycosis
  • Unreal
  • Can harm others beliving in their hallucinations
  • Withdrawn which Psychosis episodes happens.