Psychosis causes loss of touch with reality and affects brain information processing. It's not an illness but a symptom of various conditions. Most common in teens to late 20s, affects 15-100 per 100,000 yearly
Psychotic disorders involve disruptions in thoughts and perception. Key symptoms include delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized behavior. Negative symptoms include reduced motivation and social withdrawal
Psychosis involves loss of contact with reality and disrupted thoughts. Affects 15-100 people per 100,000 yearly, typically starting in late teens-mid-20s. Symptoms include delusions, hallucinations, and inappropriate behavior
FDA approved for schizophrenia treatment in December 2019. Became available in February 2020. Approved for bipolar depression in December 2021. Developed by Intra-Cellular Therapies, licensed from Bristol-Myers Squibb
Used for major depressive disorder, schizophrenia, and Alzheimer's dementia agitation. Approved by FDA in July 2015, first FDA-approved treatment for dementia agitation. Generic version approved in August 2022
Delusions are fixed beliefs that persist despite conflicting evidence. Delusions can be persecutory, referential, grandiose, erotomanic, nihilistic, or somatic. Delusions differ from hallucinations, which are clear experiences without external stimuli