Psychosis is a loss of contact with reality. Hallucinations and delusions are the most common symptoms. Psychosis can occur as part of many conditions, including schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

Along with paranoia, other symptoms of a manic episode with psychotic characteristics may include: Having paranoia during a bipolar manic episode can feel very isolating and frightening.

People with bipolar disorder exhibiting psychotic symptoms can sometimes be misdiagnosed as having schizophrenia, another, different, serious mental illness. The current term bipolar disorder is ...

A new study has found that delusions typically emerge before hallucinations in individuals at high risk for psychosis, ...

World Bipolar Day is designated as March 30th. Bipolar disorder is a mental health condition that affects mood marked by emotional changes ...

I have bipolar type 1 with psychosis. This means I have manic episodes where I do not sleep at all while experiencing increasing energy, decreased appetite, and other symptoms. This gets to the point ...

Secondary psychosis caused by a lesion was mapped to the hippocampus, with a peak in the posterior subiculum and was consistent across symptoms.