what is florid psychosis?

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Answer 1

Obvious psychosis: Florid psychosis usually means a period in which symptoms are glaringly obvious, such as hallucinations, illusions, and delusions. The individual often has flight of ideas, meaning he jumps from one topic to another irrationally.

Answer 2

Antipsychotics: Sometimes, antipsychotics make the person being treated more emotional, but the majority of the time, they help the situation. If the antipsychotics are making things worse, the treatment regimen should be re-evaluated to determine if another class of medication would be appropriate.

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Not often: They tend to do the opposite: restrict excessive range of emotions. Hence, they are often used to stabilize moods and inhibit aggression.

Answer 4

They treat symptoms.: There are no disease modifying medications for alzheimer's. Atypical or newer antipsychotic medications help with delusions, paranoia, suspicousness, fearfulness and the behaviors these symptoms cause. The older antipsychotics also help but have far more side effects. There is some evidence that antipsychotics increase the risk of stroke, heart attack or death but they do help quality of life.

Answer 5

Individualize care: The decision to use any medication for any symptom or illness involves a careful consideration of the risks and benefits for each individual. When someone has a progressive fatal illness, most people want to maximize quality of life and decrease stress and distress as much as possible. Antipsychotic medications are not a panacea and help only psychosis and aggressive symptoms, not other symptoms.

Answer 6

Rarely: There are case reports in the medical literature of pineal tumors causing psychosis. That means it happens so rarely that when it does, someone writes a paper about it!

Answer 7

Yes: It is possible. Pineal tumors can be associated with alterations in hormone levels that could lead to psychosis. But it isn't very common.

Answer 8

I'm no surgeon, but: I don't think so. Before the VP shunt is placed, the pt would have sxs of increased pressure: vision changes, balance problems, headache, etc. After the shunt, those sxs should abate. Psychosis is hearing voices, seeing things that aren't there, held beliefs despite evidence to the contrary; and should not be related to a pineal tumor.

Answer 9

Psychiatrist: See your psychiatrist to get treated.Psychologist and friends would be helpful.

Answer 10

Give Antipsychotics: It depends on the cause of the psychoses, for example, if there could be a physical cause-like lupus. Then, if it were me and my patient was truly psychotic, i would likely prescribe him or her an antipsychotic medication. There are several very effective ones to choose from. Then, i would carefully monitor my patient, seeing him or her every week, if needed, until the psychosis lifted.

Answer 11

Building Trust = Key: As a psychologist, i'd want 2be part of a treatment team 4this individual. Psychologists aren't medical docs & as such don't prescribe meds. I'd be curious about how meds known 2sharpen thinking would affect this person's perceptions & ideas. A psychiatrist could recommend meds 2 try. Hopefully, we'd work together 2help this person find ways 2sense when s/he could use others' reality checks.

Answer 12

Yes: Although less common than depression in the first 6 months following stroke, "post-stroke psychotic disorder" may include delusions, hallucinations (which may affect various sensory modalities; auditory and visual hallucinations are the most common), ideas of reference, and disorganization of thought.

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Stroke/Psychosis: Depends on extent & location of the stroke.

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