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Psychosis is a severe mental disorder that causes abnormal thinking patterns.
What is psychosis?
Psychosis is a severe mental disorder that causes abnormal thinking patterns as well as a change of perceptions. One type of psychotic disorder is schizophrenia and individuals with bipolar disorder may experience psychotic symptoms (Bien, 2016). Individuals who suffer from this disorder get disconnected from the world and they lose touch of reality, this may include hallucinations and delusions.
What are delusions and hallucinations?
Delusions are a false perception of reality. There are different types of delusions such as paranoid delusions, which includes believing others are trying to hurt you or even kill you, and delusions of grandeur, the belief of having talent or powers you don’t have. The duration of delusions normally last up to a month. Hallucinations are sensory experiences without having any sensory stimulation. This includes seeing and hearing things that aren’t there. They may be viewed as incomprehensible experiences and perceptions are accomplished by different feelings such as vividness (Kumari, Chaudhury and Kumar, 2013). All these factors are examples of positive symptoms. Negative symptoms include lack of interest in hobbies…
