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Causes and symptoms of endogenous psychosis
Content:
- Causes of endogenous psychosis
- Endogenous psychosis symptoms
- Treatment of endogenous psychosis
What is endogenous psychosis?
At its core, psychosis is a serious mental illness that accompanies a disorder of mental activity (delusions, dimmed consciousness, hallucinations, movement and affective disorders, and the like). Any psychosis needs the help of a psychiatrist. Psychoses can be divided into two groups. The first is exogenous psychoses that occur when exposed to external factors: trauma, infection, poisoning with toxins, diseases of internal organs, postpartum mental trauma, and so on.
The second is endogenous psychoses, the cause of which is in internal factors, that is, the cause is embedded directly in the body. Today, this group unites diseases, the source of which lies in hereditary predisposition and constitutional factor (paranoia, schizophrenia, psychosis of the manic-depressive type, genoin epilepsy). However, it is necessary to remember about the external causes of psychosis, since they, in the presence of a mental predisposition, can disrupt the existing unstable balance of a mental nature.
Causes of endogenous psychosis
The causes of endogenous psychosis have an internal source of neuroendocrine nature. These psychoses include schizophrenia and a number of psychoses, combined by age-related changes. It is extremely difficult to distinguish between psychoses of the endogenous and exogenous groups. Sometimes, at the beginning of the disease, the cause of psychosis is diagnosed as a vascular disease (hypertension, atherosclerosis, and so on), which is an external factor, but later the internal factor begins to work.
The exact reasons that contribute to the development of endogenous psychosis, modern medicine does not name. The basis of the disease of a somatobiological nature also has no precise descriptions. Doctors are more inclined towards such a reason as a gradual weakening of the biological resistance of the brain, which may be due to genetic specificity, that is, heredity. Observations have identified a stronger effect of psychosis on the female body than the male, regardless of economic, ethnic and racial background.
Endogenous psychosis symptoms
Symptoms can be mild, even before the onset of the disease, and are significant harbingers. However, they are difficult to recognize. Typical early signs are irritability, restless behavior, nervousness, and increased sensitivity. A person acquires a sleep disorder, interruptions in appetite appear. The disappearance of interest in events and deeds that were previously important and necessary is characteristic.
The patient's appearance can be described as strange, without showing any initiative. At the same time, performance suffers, activity decreases significantly, attention is disturbed, any minor nuisance causes stress. Endogenous psychosis affects personality changes in feelings. There is an emergence of causeless fears, states of depression, sudden mood swings. Psychosis becomes a source of obvious changes in the patient's interests (in-depth study of magic, immersion in religion, and so on).
Constant experiences lead to a distorted perception of color and sound. This is manifested in the fact that the patient sees a changed world around him, it seems to him that he is being followed. A person's speech begins to acquire delusional statements, turning into delirium. Deep disturbances of the thinking process appear, and then hallucinations. The patient may become deeply depressed or very agitated. Against the background of all the listed symptoms, a person suffering from psychosis lacks a critical understanding of his condition.
Treatment of endogenous psychosis
A patient in a state of psychosis is a threat to himself and his environment. He always resists hospitalization because his consciousness has an altered form, and there are changes in the sphere of emotions (increased anxiety, fear). Therefore, the prognosis of the disease directly depends on the timeliness of the start of treatment. During treatment, a combination therapy is prescribed. Psychotropic drugs are selected individually, in accordance with the existing symptoms of the disease. The doctor also prescribes medicines to strengthen the body.
The duration of treatment with timely treatment takes up to 2 months. If the disease is advanced, treatment is delayed indefinitely. Endogenous psychoses can recur or transform into a continuous illness.
Article author: Mochalov Pavel Alexandrovich | d. m. n. therapist
Education: Moscow Medical Institute. IM Sechenov, specialty - "General Medicine" in 1991, in 1993 "Occupational Diseases", in 1996 "Therapy".
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