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Psychosis

Alternative Names: Psychotic Symptoms: loss of touch with reality seeing, hearing, feeling, or otherwise perceiving things that are not there (hallucinations) disorganized thought and/or speech emotion is exhibited in an abnormal manner extreme excitement (mania) confusion depression and sometimes suicidal thoughts unfounded fear/suspicion mistaken perceptions (illusions) false beliefs (delusions) Signs and tests: Psychological evaluation and testing are used to diagnosis the cause of the psychosis. Text Continues Below Laboratory or radiological testing may not be essential, but sometimes can help pinpoint the exact diagnosis. This may include: MRI of the brain tests for syphilis drug screens

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