What Is the Treatment for Organic Psychosis?

organic psychosis

Organic psychosis

Organic psychosis

organic psychosis

Mental disorders caused by definite pathological changes in the brain. It is in contrast to functional psychosis. Such as epilepsy mental disorders, traumatic brain disorders, cerebral arteriosclerosis mental disorders and so on. Functional psychiatry is based on the current scientific level, and mental disorders such as schizophrenia and affective psychiatry that have not been clearly identified in the brain can be found. The basic characteristics of organic psychosis are: disorders of consciousness. Patients show different levels of consciousness reduction within hours to days. The performance is slow perception, distracted, loss of orientation, illusion or hallucinations, incoherent language, increased or decreased movement. The level of consciousness fluctuates throughout the day. Disorders of consciousness are reversible. When the patient is awake, he cannot recall at all or only partially. Memory disorders. The former memory defect and the far memory defect appear earlier and more obvious. dementia. Onset is mostly slow, recent memory and judgment are impaired, abstract thinking ability is weakened, mental retardation is poor, and social or professional function is reduced. At the same time, the patient was distracted, his initiative was reduced, his emotions were dull, his self-control was weakened, his morals were corrupted, and his personality changed significantly. Patients with dementia can experience fragmented hallucinations and delusions. Dementia is often progressive and irreversible. In order to determine the etiological diagnosis of organic psychosis, a comprehensive routine examination and necessary laboratory examinations such as EEG, skull X-ray, cerebral angiography, computed tomography (CT) and head Resonance, etc. Treatment includes two aspects: etiology treatment and symptomatic treatment.

Symptoms of organic psychosis

It can manifest as disturbances of consciousness, amnestic syndrome, mental retardation, personality changes, psychotic symptoms, affective disorders, neurotic-like manifestations, or behavioral disorders. In addition to indicating the type of syndrome whose main psychiatric symptoms are, its diagnosis should also be made at the same time as a diagnosis of cerebral organic diseases that cause mental disorders ^[1]