Psychosis is characterized by uncertainty and confusion—feelings that virtually everyone has experienced, albeit not to the ...

Psychosis refers to a collection of symptoms that affect the mind, where there has been some loss of contact with reality. During an episode of psychosis, a person’s thoughts and perceptions are ...

This post is part one of a four-part series interviewing psychologist Lisa Dahlgren. When I was first experiencing psychosis, I had to confront a problem. Was my psychosis needing medical attention, ...

A phenomenon when using AI chatbots. Arising in the mid-2020s, AI psychosis is delusional thinking after long interactions with AI chatbots. Various lawsuits claim that, like social media, all ...

Psychosis can be triggered by severe stress or trauma. The symptoms of stress-induced psychosis include hallucinations and delusions. Stress is a natural part of everyday life, but extreme stress can ...

Clinicians are now confronting a pattern they had never seen at scale before: people arriving in crisis after long, intense ...

Psychiatrists are seeing a new kind of patient in the waiting room, people who arrive clutching chat logs instead of diaries and insisting that an artificial companion is sending them secret messages.

Artificial intelligence is increasingly woven into everyday life, from chatbots that offer companionship to algorithms that shape what we see online. But as generative AI (genAI) becomes more ...

A ChatGPT user recently became convinced that he was on the verge of introducing a novel mathematical formula to the world, courtesy of his exchanges with the artificial intelligence, according to the ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental health condition, and psychosis is a more general term that describes a range of experiences. They may both share similar symptoms, such as intrusive ...

Alcohol-induced psychosis can happen after intoxication, during withdrawal, or it can be chronic among people living with alcohol use disorder (AUD). Here’s what it looks like. Alcohol is a ...