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Psychosis

Psychosis. Laura Barbadillo Marcos Alberca. Contents. MENTAL ILLNESSES’ HISTORY PSYCHOSIS’ HISTORY DESCRIPTION SYMPTOMS TYPES STAGES CAUSES TREATMENTS SOURCES. MENTAL ILLNESSES’ HISTORY. Trephined skulls Mental illness = supernatural phenomena or demonic possession

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Psychosis

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  1. Psychosis Laura Barbadillo Marcos Alberca

  2. Contents • MENTAL ILLNESSES’ HISTORY • PSYCHOSIS’ HISTORY • DESCRIPTION • SYMPTOMS • TYPES • STAGES • CAUSES • TREATMENTS • SOURCES

  3. MENTAL ILLNESSES’ HISTORY • Trephined skulls • Mental illness = supernatural phenomena or demonic possession • Magico-religious rituals • Hippocrates: pathology in the brain

  4. PSYCHOSIS’ HISTORY • The word ''psychosis'' was first used by Ernst von Feuchtersleben in 1845 • The psychosis became the modern equivalent of the old notion of madness

  5. DESCRIPTION • Psychosis is an illness focused in personality disorder, alterations in sensibility, and the connection with reality, affective disorder and perception disturbance (hallucinations)

  6. SYMPTOMS • Disorganized thought and speech • False beliefs that are not based in reality , especially unfounded fear or suspicion • Hearing, seeing, or feeling things that are not there (hallucinations) • Thoughts that "jump" between unrelated topics (disordered thinking) • Disturbance in physical movement, reduce of skills

  7. TYPES There are severaltypes oh psychosis and mental disorder, dependingonthecharacteristics of thepatient: • Drug-inducedpsychosis • Organicpsychosis • Brief reactive psychosis • Delusionaldisorder • Schizophrenia • Schizophreniformdisorder • Bipolar (Manic-depressive) disorder • Psychoticdepression • Schizoaffectivedisorder • Personalitydisorders

  8. STAGES • The At-Risk Phase – 'Something is not right‘ • The Active Phase • The Recovery Phase

  9. CAUSES • Psychiatric • braintumors • drug abuse • braindamage • schizophrenia • briefpsychoticdisorder • bipolar disorder • severeclinicaldepression • severepsychosocial stress • sleepdeprivation • some focal epileptic disorders • exposure to some traumatic event • abrupt withdrawal from certain recreational or prescribed drugs • General medical Neurologicaldisorders, including • braintumour • multiplesclerosis • Syphilis • Alzheimer'sDisease • Parkinson'sDisease

  10. TREATMENTS • Depends on the cause • Medication (oral or intramuscular injection) • Sometimes hospitalization is needed • Cognitive behavior therapy and family therapy

  11. SOURCES • http://www.news-medical.net/health/Psychosis-History.aspx • http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8826692 • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trepanning • http://www.studentpulse.com/articles/283/the-history-of-mental-illness-from-skull-drills-to-happy-pills • http://www.news-medical.net/health/What-Causes-Psychosis.aspx • http://www.news-medical.net/health/Psychosis-Treatments.aspx • http://www.eppic.org.au/phases-psychosis • www.sentiens.com/Psychosis/Psychosis/types-of-psychosis.html • www.erasalud.com/enfermedades/general/p/psicosis.php • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychosis

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