It is widely observed that a lot of people are suffering from different psychotic disorders now a days no matter of age, I personally observed such conditions in different age group from child to elderly people, what are the main cause of such diseases and is a person can prevent such diseases with the help of regulating his or her mind/brain? and what can be the treatment apart from heavy BZDs and Li or other psychoactive synthetic drug?
Dear Devesh Tewari,
This topic is immensely studied. Psychotic disorders are not necessarily more frequent but we live longer. More severe forms of symptoms seen in psychosis are nowaday less frequently at hand thanks to the revolution of medication. Genetic vulnerability can manifest itself and it is not often possible to prevent. I want to cite V.E.Frankl: "If you do not loose your mind in certain circumstances you do not have a mind to loose".
Some new findings:
Acute Psychosis Associated with Subcortical Stroke: Comparison between Basal Ganglia and Mid-Brain Lesions. McMurtray A, Tseng B, Diaz N, Chung J, Mehta B, Saito E. Case Rep Neurol Med. 2014;2014:428425.
Increased mortality in schizophrenia due to cardiovascular disease - a non-systematic review of epidemiology, possible causes, and interventions. Ringen PA, Engh JA, Birkenaes AB, Dieset I, Andreassen OA. Front Psychiatry. 2014 Sep 26;5:137.
Medial temporal lobe default mode functioning and hippocampal structure as vulnerability indicators for schizophrenia: A MRI study of non-psychotic adolescent first-degree relatives. Seidman LJ, Rosso IM, Thermenos HW, Makris N, Juelich R, Gabrieli JD, Faraone SV, Tsuang MT, Whitfield-Gabrieli S. Schizophr Res. 2014 Nov;159(2-3):426-34.
There is a big difference between "psychological problems" and "psychotic disorders", two very contrasting terms that are used in this question. The questioner may be unclear about what he is asking. Psychotic breaks from reality almost certainly spring from a severe biochemical imbalance in the brain, possibly coupled with histological and psychodynamic factors. Psychological problems like anxiety and fear are almost certainly caused by an accumulation of stresses in the nervous system resulting from overloads of sensory perception or cognition, which can be gradually reversed through talk therapy, medication, and certain effective "spiritual" methods such as Direct Path Nonduality and transcending.
Note: I am commenting outside of my direct expertise, so the above is only presented as my opinion. I have experience only with the application of transcending to relatively mild and common psychological problems.
Here you have a paper on:
Impact of psychological trauma on the development of psychotic symptoms: relationship with psychosis proneness
JANNEKE SPAUWEN et al. e-mail: [email protected]
Results Self-reported trauma was associated with psychotic symptoms, in particular at more severe levels (adjusted OR 1.89, 95% CI1.16–3.08) and following trauma associated with intense fear, helplessness or horror. The risk difference between those with and without self-reported trauma at baseline was 7% in the group with baseline psychosis proneness, but only 1.8% in those without (adjusted test for difference between these two effect sizes: χ 2=4.6, P=0.032).
Conclusions Exposure to psychological trauma may increase the risk of psychotic symptoms in people vulnerable to psychosis.
Thank you so much Respected Ewalds-Kvist and David for your valuable answers however the question should not be associated with fear and anxiety. There are some other symptoms such as impairment in the behaviour and might be some neuropsychological disorders like excessive emesis was seen. Is it also possible that such conditions could be a result of long-term use of some antidepressant/ antipsycotic drugs viz: BZDs or Lithium? or is there any control of the patient's brain in such conditions.
Antidepressant and antipsychotic drugs made a revolution for the better for the human beings. As long as the beneficial effects overpower the negative effects of a medication its use is supported. If you take Li without suffering from bipolar disorder nothing happens. We have a lot to thank the rats for amd the rat is a wonderful model for the human being. All medications are carefully tested on many levels before they reach the market. Experimental dangerous medication is allowed only for the doctor himself without further testing.
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