What Makes People Go Psycho? (37)

11 Name: Anonymous Scientist : 2008-04-15 12:18 ID:Heaven

From the Medline encyclopedia:

Psychosis is a loss of contact with reality, usually including false ideas about what is taking place or who one is (delusions) and seeing or hearing things that aren't there (hallucinations).

There are many possible causes:

* Alcohol and certain drugs
* Brain tumors
* Dementia (including Alzheimer's)
* Epilepsy
* Manic depression (bipolar disorder)
* Psychotic depression
* Schizophrenia
* Stroke

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001553.htm

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