People experiencing delusions during an episode of psychosis may be "living out" a deeply held emotion, according to new research that provides a "radically different perspective" on one of the most ...

As marijuana policy shifts nationwide, researchers are tracking possible link to psychosis ...

A Stanford Medicine-led study has found that there are two key systems malfunctioning in the brains of people with psychosis. One is a “filter” that directs attention toward important external events ...

Psychosis closely corresponds to the general public's idea of "madness," and essentially involves loss of contact with reality—believing things that are not true and/or experiencing things that are ...

Like all variants of cognitive behavioral therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy for psychosis (CBTp) is a short-term, structured form of psychotherapy based on the idea that the way someone thinks ...

The dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia is a scientific theory that suggests dopamine directly contributes to schizophrenia symptoms. Research on this theory and other causes of schizophrenia is ...