There can be some small features like uneven ears or eyes and a generally uneven face structure in rare faces. I would be care using the word 'psychotic' next time.
Hallucinations can be present in psychotic disorders (schizophrenia, schizo-affective disorder, etc. ), bipolar disorder, major depression with psychotic features, delirium, or dementia.
There are many mental illnesses where you may hallucinate. They include schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, schizophreniform disorder, shared psychotic disorder, brief psychotic disorder, substance-induced psychotic disorder, bipolar disorder, major depression with psychotic features, delirium, and dementia. However, when someone talks about a mental illness in which you "hear things" or "see things" it will usually be schizophrenia.
Seroquel is an anti-psychotic drug used for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
Some people become psychotic during manic episodes of bipolar disorder.
No. There is no cure for Bipolar Affective Disorder. The treatment strategy is lifelong medication compliance on a daily regimen of mood stabilizers usually supplemented by either an anti-depressant or an anti-psychotic, or both.
3% of Australians are affected by psychotic illness such as schizophrenia and bipolar mood disorder at some point in their life. taken from http://www.mindframe-media.info/site/index.cfm?display=85541
What is the pathophysiology of psychotic disorder?
Delusions are a common symptom of several mood and personality-related mental illnesses, including schizoaffective disorder, schizophrenia, shared psychotic disorder, major depressive disorder, and bipolar disorder.
Antipsychotics are a class of medications used to treat psychotic symptoms such as hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized thinking. They work by blocking certain neurotransmitters in the brain, helping to reduce symptoms of psychosis. Antipsychotics can be used to treat conditions such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and severe depression with psychotic features.
Absolutely. Type 1 Bipolar Affective Disorder (what one would classically call "manic-depression") at its most severe can cause psychotic symptoms of all sorts, particularly in the manic phase. Delusions of grandeur and delusions of persecution are common psychotic features associated with the manic phase of type 1 Bipolar disorder. Delusional thinking alone, in fact, is far more common as a psychotic feature when psychotic features are present, though frank hallucinations can also occur in the most severe cases. If left untreated in severe manias this may progress to hallucinatory experiences particularly; -auditory hallucinations -olfactory hallucinations Visual hallucinations, more commonly reported among those with true psychotic disorders, are rarer, though they are reported.
Yes, the diagnosis is Bipolar Depressive Episode with Psychotic Features (DSM 5 diagnostic code: 296.54, ICD 10 diagnostic code: F31.5).
Psychotic. It is a broad term that can occur in many different disorders, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder and even with brain injury.