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<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>by Samuel Blakemore</div><br /><br />
<div class='uawarticle'>Examples of illnesses categorised as psychosis might be Bipolar disorder or Schizophrenia. These sorts of illnesses are characterised by hallucinations, delusions, serious defects in judgement and other cognitive processes and an inability to evaluate objectively. Any disorder that causes one or more of the above could be classed as a psychosis as it is a broad term that refers to a range of mental illnesses.<br />
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Psychosis is described in the encyclopedia Britannica as 'A severe mental disorder, with or without organic damage, characterised by derangement of personality and loss of contact with reality and causing deterioration of normal social functioning'<br />
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Where neurosis differs from psychosis is that it refers to non-psychotic mental illnesses that give feelings of anxiety and distress but do not prevent rational thought or normal social functioning but may impair them a little. The symptoms of neurosis can be things such as phobias, compulsions, general or specific anxiety or bodily tics, they are all characterised by having no clear organic or neurological cause.<br />
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Scottish doctor, William Cullen, first coined the term neurosis in the 1700's, he used it to refer to 'disorders of sense and motion' that were caused by 'a general affection of the nervous system', he used the term to refer to a range of disorders that could not be explained physiologically. Freud later described mental illnesses with defining features of distress or extreme anxiety as anxiety neurosis.<br />
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Neurosis is almost never treated with medication but hypnotherapy and psychotherapy have been used extensively in the control and treatment of neurosis. They have both been shown to be extremely effective in such areas as the control of habits, compulsions or phobias and for stress management.<br />
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Brief Reactive Psychosis is characterised by the same symptoms as psychosis, such as delusions, hallucinations, disorganised speech and catatonic behaviour. To be termed brief reactive psychosis the symptoms must be present for more than a day but less than a month and for the person to then return to previous normal functioning.<br />
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Extreme stress or trauma in a person's life can be a cause of brief reactive psychosis but often episodes can occur suddenly and without any obvious trigger or reason. It has been suggested that there is a hereditary vulnerability to the condition but this has not been proven. Often similar symptoms can be triggered by drug or alcohol abuse but if this is the cause then by definition they cannot be termed brief reactive psychosis.<br />
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Often a preliminary diagnosis of brief reactive psychosis is made in people showing symptoms of psychosis only for it to be revised to another psychotic disorder (more often than not Schizophrenia) if the symptoms continue for more than one month. It is most likely to occur in adults aged in their 20's, 30's and 40's and is twice as common in women as in men.<br />
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The prognosis for the condition is good as, by definition, the symptoms go away within one month. However, due to the nature of psychotic behaviour, it can often lead to violence, self-harm or sometimes suicide. Clearly, if any of these is a risk then a person may need to be admitted to hospital.<br />
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Anti-psychotic medication can be used to control the symptoms and people experiencing the condition can have recurrent episodes in response to further stress.<br />
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Psychotherapy is known to be an effective treatment in dealing with the emotional stress that triggered the episode, and in helping the person establish coping strategies to minimise the affects of future stressful situations to prevent recurrence.<br />
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Psychotherapy is increasingly being looked on as an important alternative to drug therapy alone. One fifth of all patients with long term psychotic illnesses do not respond solely to medication and so using psychotherapy as part of an integrated approach can be very effective. It is important to remember that hypnotherapy is not suitable for use with patients experiencing any form of psychosis<br />
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Title: Psychosis, Neurosis and Brief Reactive Psychosis and how can they be treated?<br />
Author: Samuel Blakemore<br />
Email: blakemoresam@hotmail.com<br />
Keywords: hypnotherapy, psychotherapy, hypnosis, psychosis, neurosis, therapy, mental health, health, mind<br />
Word Count: 647<br />
Category: Motivation<br />
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