Psychosis
There are many different forms of Psychosis, such as; hearing voices, paranoia, schizophrenia, delusions, hallucinations, disorganised thinking and speech. During a ‘episode’ your perceptions/interpretations become disrupted with reality, and are different from those around you. Psychosis can affects people in many different ways, with experiences ranging from just once, to have short episodes throughout your life, or living with it most of the time. Psychosis often begins in adolescents though children can experience a psychotic episode at younger. Psychosis can affects people in many different ways, with experiences ranging from just once, to have short episodes throughout your life, or living with it most of the time. NICE guidelines state “The prevalence of psychotic disorders in children aged between 5 and 18 years has been estimated to be 0.4%.” and “Schizophrenia accounts for 24.5% of all psychiatric admissions in young people aged 10 to 18 years (the overall admission rate is 0.46 per 1000 for this age range), with an exponential rise across the adolescent years. The rise in incidence increases most from age 15 onwards.”
