Psychotic Disorders - Causes, Symptoms And Treatment

Psychosis is referred to the unsound condition of the human mind and at this point of time people do not realize what is happening in reality. The person who is suffering from psychosis is known as a psychotic and hence the name psychotic disorder. This type of disorder is seen in people suddenly and is known to disappear in a similar manner.

The most often found symptoms of psychotic disorder are:

· The state of hallucinating where the person can see a person in a place where the latter does not exist. This also causes fear in the patient suffering from this disorder. This is most prominent in people who have been threatened. The hallucinations have no connections to reality and they may experience this in any place and time, even in sleep. Apart from seeing visions, the patient can also hear sounds.

· Delusions where the person is not able to come out of a belief which is instilled in his mind. In other words, the patient has illusions based on false or incomplete information that he has received. These beliefs are very tough to be broken even though there is substantial proof against the belief.

· Grossly disorganization where the patient likes to isolate himself and withdraws from the social activities in his surroundings. This symptom is also known as catatonic behavior and the intensity of this can vary from mild to extreme. Another aspect of this symptom is that the person sits without any movement for a very long time.

· Disorganized speech is a state where the patient is not able to speak fluently. His sentences are broken and there is constant stammering. In many cases, the speech of the patient cannot be understood by us.

The causes of psychotic disorder are many. The few important causes are discussed below.

· Brain damage- Many times people meet with an accident after which their brain does not function normally. The tragic event might have such an impact that the person has been led to this disorder.

· Drug addiction- This is another main reason why people suffer from psychotic disorder. When people consume too much of cocaine, weed, heroin and alcohol they are more prone to get this disorder.

· Depression- When a person suffers from extreme forms of depression he suffers from this disorder. This depression may be caused due to the loss of a loved one and the person is not able to forget them. It is now when the person starts hallucinating.

· Mental trauma- This happens when the person is mentally tortured for an invariably long period of time.

The treatment for psychic disorder is more therapeutic. The psychiatrists use therapies to heal the patients.

Group therapy- This is one form of therapy where a group of persons with similar symptoms are brought together and a discussion happens to find out ways to solve the situation.

Similarly, individual therapy is done with the person discusses alone with the psychiatrist and the last one is the family therapy which is done before the patient is sent back home.