The cause of paranoid psychosis

 The cause of injury in pseudo-psychosis, what is it? Psychosis is considered a mental illness, and it is a form of psychosis that a person suffers from as a result of certain factors and psychological conditions that he may be exposed to, and all people of all ages may suffer from this disease, and through the following lines that will be presented to you by a site of contents that will talk about this disease, And what are the most important causes, in addition to much other information about this disease.

What is paranoid psychosis?

It is one of the mental disorders that affect patients at a late age after the age of forty, unlike other mental illnesses, and it is a psychological condition that is very similar to schizophrenia. To a large extent his ability to mental judgment and his thoughts, and while in the normal case almost all mental disorders occur at an early age between the teens and thirties, where the symptoms progress and increase with time, in this disease, they begin in later stages in the elderly and those over forty It is a very rare condition that affects about 1 to 4% of the elderly and is often associated with other mental illnesses such as anxiety disorder.

What is the cause of paranoid psychosis?

There is no clear and precise reason for infection with this disease, but there are a group of combined causes, which can cause this disease, such as:

• Heredity: People who have a familial prevalence of mental disorders and other forms of psychosis are more likely to develop this disease.
• Exposure to a brain injury: There is a direct relationship between injuries that occur in the brain region and the incidence of this disease, and studies have shown that people who suffer from strokes or tumors in the nervous system are more susceptible to this disease.
• Environmental conditions: Studies have shown that people who are socially isolated or who have poor social bonding are more susceptible to this disease.
• Substance abuse: The abuse of drugs and prohibited drugs increases mental illness, including psychosis.

What are the symptoms of paranoid psychosis?

This disease causes its owner a set of signs that are characterized as the positive form of the symptoms of schizophrenia, where the patient does not harm himself, and his mental or cognitive abilities are not affected, and therefore the patient does not show any external signs, but he has some internal indicators, including:

• Hallucinations: feeling, seeing, or feeling things or things that are not there and constantly imagining them.
• Delusions: the patient's inability to get rid of wrong thoughts despite his conviction that they are wrong.
• Difficulty organizing thoughts: moving from one idea to another in an unorganized manner, and uttering incomprehensible words.
• Attention problems and disorders: Inability to remember.

What are the types of delusions in a psychotic patient?

Delusions are one of the most important symptoms that the patient suffers from, and the most prominent forms are delusions of persecution, in addition to other types such as:

• Sexual fantasies: where the patient feels that someone is often a prominent or famous person who has feelings of intense love, and the patient is constantly trying to reach him.
• Delusions of insight: where the patient thinks that he has superior mental abilities that enable him to anticipate some things that will happen, and he thinks that he has a special relationship with the Creator.
• Jealousy: where the patient always feels suspicious of the partner or spouse.
• Persecution: where the patient feels that someone close or one of his family members tried to harm or offend him, in a polite way, such as thoughts of being kidnapped, murdered, or cheating and defrauded by parents, and delusions may reach the owner to the point of admitting this to the police.
• Physical persecution: where the patient feels that he is suffering from a problem in his body, such as feeling that he has a serious disease such as cancer or feeling that there is something constantly walking on his skin.
• Other delusions: that do not fall under any of the above types, and the patient often feels that he hears things that are not really there, smells strange smells, or feels things incorrectly.

The treatment of paranoid psychosis

There are two forms of complementary treatment: medical treatment with medicines and psychotherapy through social support for the patient, including psychotherapy:

• Individual psychotherapy: by sitting with the patient and trying to help him understand his condition and get rid of it.
• Cognitive behavioral therapy: A set of therapeutic steps have been presented that help the patient get rid of the psychological state and delusions that he is exposed to.
• Pharmacotherapy includes taking first- and second-generation antipsychotics, as first-generation antipsychotics are cheap compared to second-generation drugs, but have more side effects.

How can a psychotic patient be helped?

Supporting the patient and showing love and empathy for the patient can help cure the disease, and some steps to help include:

• Reading about the disease and identifying its symptoms and the problems that the patient suffers from and trying to understand them and help him to overcome them.
• Seek medical advice when needed: Although this may cause the patient some embarrassment, understanding this point and pushing him to see a psychologist is necessary and important.
• Sympathy with the patient: not to annoy or lie to him and try to calm him and understand his condition instead of exacerbating his symptoms.
• Patience: realizing that the problems experienced by the patient do not refer to one person alone, but can affect all those close to him.

In conclusion, the cause of pseudo-psychosis was identified, and it was found that this psychosis is a mental illness, a form of schizophrenia, but it is characterized by less severe symptoms. The most important symptoms and causes of this disease, and its psychological and pharmacological treatment methods were identified. And ways to help patients get rid of it.