Psychosis is a condition in which a person loses touch with reality. And dementia is one of the behavioral symptoms that we see. It manifests through paranoia, delusions, agitation, hallucinations.

This led to the degeneration of her backbone and triggered psychotic symptoms, Brinkwire reports. After five years of ...

First of all, try to stay calm, and tell yourself this is not this is not personal. This is the dementia talking. It may happen that the person with dementia starts bringing up an argument they ...

Delirium is a worse-than-usual mental state that is brought on by illness or major stressors for the body or mind.

The most common cause of psychotic symptoms is dementia; virtually all patients with dementia will exhibit psychotic symptoms at some time in their illness. Management will vary depending on the ...

Aging brings many changes that can be unpleasant, from losing mobility to needing help with tasks that used to be easy. For ...

I specialize in management of mood/ anxiety disorders, PTSD/ trauma, postpartum depression/psychosis, dementia, and helping people through stress associated with life transitions and complicated ...

Trigger warning: this article contains detailed description of a psychotic episode, as well as a mention of sexual assault. If either of these subjects are triggering for you, please click off ...

Psychosis: 0.05mg/kg/day–0.15mg/kg/day. Nonpsychotic behavior and Tourette's: 0.05mg/kg/day–0.075mg/kg/day. Max 6mg/day. Elderly with dementia-related psychosis (not approved use): increased ...

Atypical neuroleptics are appropriate first-line agents for most patients with dementia and psychotic symptoms. Response to medications is modest and a second agent (including acetylcholinesterase ...