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AI psychosis isn't really psychosis

What is psychosis Psychosis is a syndrome (a collection of often disparate symptoms) that includes thinking problems, delusions, hallucinations, and negative symptoms. People with psychosis often present very differently. Most crucially, you can have psychosis without delusions, if you have other core symptoms such as hallucinations and disorganised thinking. The...

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AI psychosis isn't really psychosis

What is psychosis Psychosis is a syndrome (a collection of often disparate symptoms) that includes thinking problems, delusions, hallucinations, and negative symptoms. People with psychosis often present very differently. Most crucially, you can have psychosis without delusions, if you have other core symptoms such as hallucinations and disorganised thinking. The...

Sep 19, 20256

AI psychosis isn't really psychosis

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5mo

What is psychosis

Psychosis is a syndrome (a collection of often disparate symptoms) that includes thinking problems, delusions, hallucinations, and negative symptoms. People with psychosis often present very differently. Most crucially, you can have psychosis without delusions, if you have other core symptoms such as hallucinations and disorganised thinking.

The most important symptoms of psychosis

Delusions and hallucinations are often seen as the 'core' symptoms of psychosis. This is because they are the most dramatic, but also because they are the symptoms that can be treated by antipsychotics, which led to the first dopamine theory of psychosis. However, impacted cognition and negative symptoms are often more serious in terms of their impact on functioning. Some... (read 209 more words →)

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