MADRID — Recent research on the progression and treatment of psychosis is prompting some experts to ask: Are substance-induced psychosis (SIP) and primary psychosis fundamentally different? And if ...

The recent sentencing of Bryn Spejcher, the 33-year-old who stabbed a man she was dating more than 100 times during a cannabis-induced psychotic episode, has brought national attention to what experts ...

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Alcoholic insanity is an outdated term to describe alcohol-induced psychosis. This is a rare condition in which alcohol use disorder, acute alcohol intoxication, and alcohol withdrawal can cause ...

As a psychiatrist and addiction medicine physician, I am surprised that some patients and their families still believe marijuana is a benign and innocuous substance. Over the past several years, I ...

Of the many harms attributed to cannabis use, few have garnered as much attention as the frightening association of cannabis with psychosis. From the 1936 exploitation film “Reefer Madness” to a ...

A 60-year-old man developed paranoia and hallucinations after using sodium bromide as a table salt substitute for 3 months on the advice of an artificial intelligence (AI) tool. Laboratory tests ...

If you have either schizophrenia or psychosis you may experience symptoms like hallucinations or delusions. But although schizophrenia and psychosis have these symptoms in common, the two conditions ...

Recent groundbreaking studies have uncovered that sonic waves can induce vivid hallucinations when applied in controlled lab environments. This surprising discovery opens new avenues for understanding ...