Some conditions, such as delirium, psychotic disorder due to a general medical condition, and substance-induced psychosis, that cause psychotic symptoms in late life are acute and tend to resolve when ...

Muzumel A. Chaudhary, MD, Psychiatry Resident, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC. Kiran Rabheru, MD, CCFP, FRCP, ABPN, Clinical Associate Professor ...

Paranoia is a common symptom of dementia, and it’s one of the hardest to deal with. Though there isn’t a definitive stage of dementia when paranoia appears, it’s most often observed in the later ...

As I recounted in a previous post, the idea of what is now known as the diametric model of mental illness first occurred to me in 1997, originally purely in relation to paranoid schizophrenia being ...

It’s one of the hardest parts of dementia for families to face: “She used to be strong and kind, and now she thinks we’re lying or stealing from her.” If you’ve been there, you know the heartbreak of ...

There are two stories behind why people start using cannabis: for fun, or to ease the mind. A new paper from King’s College London, published in BMJ Mental Health, says those two starting points are ...

Schizophrenia and borderline personality disorder (BPD) have several symptoms in common. For instance, both schizophrenia and BPD can cause symptoms like psychosis, relationship difficulties, and ...