What is psychosis in dementia?

Psychosis is a state of mental diseases in which the patient seems to have lost contact with reality, or the "reality" that the patient experiences is very different or distorted from real reality. Psychotic symptoms may be present constantly or may be episodic. Dementia is an umbrella describing a wide range of symptoms associated with progressive worsening of mental functions such as language, memory and judgment. It often affects emotional behavior and reactions. They often show symptoms of psychosis in dementia are auditory and visual hallucinations. Hearing hallucinations mean that the patient hears voices that are not there. Visual hallucinations mean that the patient sees things that others are not. These symptoms can be very disturbing for the patient. Visual hallucinations are also pleasant, with patients, when he saw him things that scare him or anger, such as swarms of insects, foreigners in his bedroom or people from his past. Hallucinations of one type can also be incredibly difficult and upsetting for PEPeople who can deal with, because the patient can assume that hearing hallucinations come from the carer, and because it is difficult, not if impossible, to convince the patient that hallucinations are not real.

illusions are a common symptom of psychosis in dementia. Iluses are false thoughts that the patient believes very firmly. In dementia, this may include a patient, as believes that he is a child and carers are parents, that he is not old, but a young adult who goes for everyday life, or that he is a prisoner. Another common deceptive is to believe that personal property is stolen.

Fear and paranoia can also indicate psychosis in dementia and can lead to not responding, withdrawing and aggression. Paranoia concerns an extreme suspicion, with a patient who believes that caregivers or others are trying to poison him, steal him, physically hurt him, or are generally bad people with a ominous purpose.

these symptoms of the wayThey are too common, that cases of abuse that need to be rejected when a person suffering from dementia is reported. The patient may inform the person that he is physically or emotionally abused, but the claim is rejected because this patient has a history of false claims - driven by his deception - by abuse and torture. The claim is often ignored as a symptom of its dementia and is not investigated. On the other hand, patients with dementia suffering from psychotic episodes are often underestimated and carers suffered serious injuries after being physically attacked by a patient who experienced a psychotic episode.