RELINDA D.

VILLANUEVA
M.A EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT
TWO GREEK WORD:
Psyche- mind/soul
Osis- abnormal condition
This could include experiencing:
1. Hallucinations
2. Delusions
3. Flight of Ideas
Hallucinations include:
seeing things that other people don’t
experiencing tastes, smells and sensations
that have no apparent cause
hearing voices that other people don’t
 is a belief that other people do not share.

- delusion of grandeur
- paranoid delusion
Paranoid Delusion
 is when your thoughts move very quickly from
idea to idea, making links between things that
other people don’t.
 How is Psychosis diagnosed?
• schizophrenia
• bipolar disorder (manic depression)
• schizoaffective disorder
• paranoid disorder, delusional disorder
or paranoid personality disorder
• puerperal psychosis
• severe depression
 What causes psychosis?
• physical illness or injury
• drugs
• lack of sleep
• hunger
• bereavement
• abuse or trauma
• spiritual experiences
• family inheritance