Psychiatrists are seeing a new kind of patient in the waiting room, people who arrive clutching chat logs instead of diaries and insisting that an artificial companion is sending them secret messages.

A phenomenon when using AI chatbots. Arising in the mid-2020s, AI psychosis is delusional thinking after long interactions with AI chatbots. Various lawsuits claim that, like social media, all ...

Psychosis refers to a collection of symptoms that affect the mind, where there has been some loss of contact with reality. During an episode of psychosis, a person’s thoughts and perceptions are ...

Clinicians are now confronting a pattern they had never seen at scale before: people arriving in crisis after long, intense ...

This post is part one of a four-part series interviewing psychologist Lisa Dahlgren. When I was first experiencing psychosis, I had to confront a problem. Was my psychosis needing medical attention, ...

Psychosis can be triggered by severe stress or trauma. The symptoms of stress-induced psychosis include hallucinations and delusions. Stress is a natural part of everyday life, but extreme stress can ...

Alexandre Hudon does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental health condition, and psychosis is a more general term that describes a range of experiences. They may both share similar symptoms, such as intrusive ...