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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...