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What Does Being Diagnosed As Psychotic Mean?

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Posted on Mon, 5 May 2014
Question: When someone has been diagnosed as psychotic what does that mean and is it curable?
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Answered by Dr. Dr.Albana Sejdini (1 hour later)
Brief Answer: Altered mental state... Detailed Answer: Hi, I have gone through the medical history of your niece and feel sorry for the situation she is in. Being diagnosed as psychotic ("psychosis") means that the mental state of your niece has been altered. She is closed inside "her own world", where her thoughts, beliefs, hearing and seeing are totally different from the reality (real life). There are many causes to psychosis, including use of illicit drugs, alcohol, brain infections, dementia "Alzheimer" disease, etc. The treatment (cure) depends on the underlying cause. Once the cause is corrected, then, there are good chances to get improvement of symptoms. Furthermore, anti-psychotic drugs will be used only for short term until the totally corrected causes. Hope it was of help! Let me know if you need further clarifications! Dr.Albana
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Follow up: Dr. Dr.Albana Sejdini (32 minutes later)
Thank You Dr. you explained it well. The courts took her children last week and the Dr she was seeing said she was psychotic and not able to go to trial to try and get her two children back as she didn't understand what was going on. On top of all that her 9 year old son who is so very sweet is autistic. Their daddy was awarded custody so all is fine with the children. I just wanted to be clear on just what that word psychotic meant. Thank you for your time and you well explained answer.
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Answered by Dr. Dr.Albana Sejdini (6 minutes later)
Brief Answer: Glad to know I was of help... Detailed Answer: Hi back my dear, Happy to be assisting you. If my answer was at your satisfaction, please give your feedback by rating it when closing this thread. If you have further clarifications, do not hesitate to contact me again. Thank you and God bless! Dr.Albana
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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What Does Being Diagnosed As Psychotic Mean?

Brief Answer: Altered mental state... Detailed Answer: Hi, I have gone through the medical history of your niece and feel sorry for the situation she is in. Being diagnosed as psychotic ("psychosis") means that the mental state of your niece has been altered. She is closed inside "her own world", where her thoughts, beliefs, hearing and seeing are totally different from the reality (real life). There are many causes to psychosis, including use of illicit drugs, alcohol, brain infections, dementia "Alzheimer" disease, etc. The treatment (cure) depends on the underlying cause. Once the cause is corrected, then, there are good chances to get improvement of symptoms. Furthermore, anti-psychotic drugs will be used only for short term until the totally corrected causes. Hope it was of help! Let me know if you need further clarifications! Dr.Albana