Sentences with phrase «psychotic symptoms when»

Thus although individual CBT for persistent psychotic symptoms when added to medication may confer some modest benefits in reducing emotional distress, 2 and should continue to be offered, it is not efficacious in preventing further relapse among those recovering from a recent relapse.

The attenuation of MP's effects could also reflect abnormal D2 receptor function, as was previously suggested to explain findings in marijuana - abusing schizophrenic patients, who, despite displaying low DA release, showed increases in psychotic symptoms when challenged with amphetamine (21).

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So for example, in my case and that of other persons whose minds dissociate when we engage in intense / deep spiritual practices like intense / deep prayer, meditation, fasting etc and we hear voices, hallucinate, see visions, experience thought insertions, automatic channelling just like a spirit medium as well as other psychic phenomena (clairvoyance etc), and the mind dissociation makes some persons mentally and emotionally unstable; our minds enter an altered state of consciousness just like those of the Buddhist monks but in our case the altered state of our brains results in psychotic and psychic symptoms being induced (interestingly, some persons who are ignorant of how the human brain functions chalk up these experiences to demonic attack)......... are these psychotic, psychic experiences which persons like myself experience a gift from God as well?

On researching my experiences I discovered that when some persons engage in intense spiritual practices like intense prayer, meditation etc. it induces psychotic and psychic symptoms as I described above.

All these scriptures / Biblical teachings created a problem for me as over the years when I would experience psychotic symptoms and psychic phenomena as a result of intense / deep prayer and meditation, I actually thought that God was trying to show me a sign or tell me something or he was leading me in a particular direction.

Our finding that psychotic - like symptoms when young people are «stoned» are predicted by AKT1 variants is an exciting breakthrough as this acute reaction is thought to be a marker of a person's risk of developing psychosis from smoking the drug.»

«When young people come to youth mental health services, we should be assessing for trauma and for emerging psychotic symptoms, and treating them as soon as they emerge,» Dr Bendall said.

Dr Josephine Mollon from King's IoPPN, now with Yale University, said: «For individuals with psychotic disorders, cognitive decline does not just begin in adulthood, when individuals start to experience symptoms such as hallucinations and delusions, but rather many years prior — when difficulties with intellectual tasks first emerge — and worsen over time.