Psychosis

Psychotic disorders are a group of serious illnesses that affect the mind. They make it hard for someone to think clearly, make good judgments, respond emotionally, communicate effectively, understand reality, and behave appropriately.

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Psychosis

Impaired Relationship with Reality

When symptoms are severe, people with psychotic disorders have trouble staying in touch with reality and often are unable to handle daily life. But even severe psychotic disorders usually can be treated.

It is Normal
Psychosis is characterized by an impaired relationship with reality. It’s a symptom of serious mental disorders.People who are experiencing psychosis may have either hallucinations or delusions.
Causes
Psychotic disorders are severe mental disorders that cause abnormal thinking and perceptions. People with psychoses lose touch with reality.
Extreme Cases
Two of the main symptoms are delusions and hallucinations. Delusions are false beliefs, such as thinking that someone is plotting against you or that the TV is sending you secret messages. Hallucinations are false perceptions, such as hearing, seeing, or feeling something that is not there.
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Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is one type of psychotic disorder. Peoplewit may also havepsychotic symptoms. Other problems that can cause psychosis include alcohol andsome drugs, brain tumors, brain infections, and stroke.

Past Life Events
Hallucinations are sensory experiences that occur within the absence of an actual stimulus. For example, a person having an auditory hallucination may hear their mother yelling at them when their mother isn’t around
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Or someone having a visual hallucination may see something, like a person in front of them, who isn’t actually there.
Mood Disorders Caused by Substance Abuse
The person experiencing psychosis may also have thoughts that are contrary to actual evidence. These thoughts are known as delusions.

Types of Psychotic Disorders

These experiences can be frightening. They may also cause people who are experiencing psychosis to hurt themselves or others.It’s important to see a doctor right away if you or someone you know is experiencing symptoms of psychosis.
Brief Psychotic Disorder

Can occur during periods of extreme personal stress like the death of a family member. Someone experiencing brief reactive psychosis will generally recover in a few days to a few weeks, depending on the source of the stress.

Substance Use Related Disorder

People who have an addition to alcohol or certain drugs can experience psychotic symptoms if they suddenly stop drinking or taking those drugs.

Hallucinations

Hallucinations means seeing, hearing, or feeling things that don’t exist. For instance, someone might see things that aren't there, hear voices, smell odors, have a "funny" taste in their mouth,or feel sensations on their skin even though nothing is touching their body.

Delusions

Delusions are false beliefs that don’t go away after even after they've been shown to be false. For example, a person who is certain his or her food is poisoned, even if someone has shown them that the food is fine, has a delusion.

Shared Psychotic Disorder

Shared psychotic disorder (also called folie à deux):Thisillness happens when one person in a relationship has a delusion and the other person in the relationship adopts it, too

Paraphernalia

This condition has symptoms similar to schizophrenia. It starts late in life, whenpeople are elderly.Theseconditions usually first appear when a person is in his or her late teens, 20s,or 30s. They tend to affect men and women about equally.

MOOD DISORDERS

Prevalence of Mood Disorders

Mood disorders have been found to affect approximately 20% of the general population at any given point.

The Kenyan Perspective
More specifically, 7% of the Kenyan. population is thought to suffer from depression over the course of their lifetime, with bipolar disorder affecting only 1% of the general population.
Under-Reported
However, researchers agree that many instances of manic moods often go unnoticed or are deemed unproblematic, causing a significant decrease in their reported prevalence.
The General Populatin
Mood disorders have been found to affect approximately 20% of the general population at any given point.
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Bi Polar Disorders

When someone has bipolar disorder, their moods swing from very high to very low.

Past Life Events
When their mood is high and positive, they may have symptoms of psychosis. They may feel extremely good and believe they have special powers.
These symptoms include thinking someone is trying to harm them
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When their mood is depressed, the individual may have psychotic symptoms that make them feel angry, sad, or frightened.
Mood Disorders Caused by Substance Abuse
In some cases, medications and substance abuse can be the cause behind your disorder.

Kenya Mental Health First Aid Programme

Kenya Mental Health First Aid teaches the society how to identify understand and howto respond to and assist someone experiencing mood disorder related issues and  risk factors, warning signs for mental health and addiction concerns.

Our prevention programme

Kenya Mental Health First Aid prevention programme have been shown to reduce depression with Effective community approaches to prevent depression include school-based programme to enhance a pattern of positive thinking in children and adolescents.

training

Kenya Mental Health First Aid trainings gives people the skills they need to reach out and provide initial help and support to individuals who may be developing depression or experiencing a crisis.

non-JUDGMENTAL

Our service teaches the society to be non-judgmental. We want to ensure that everyone at any age are provided with the best mental care possible by reaching out to them through the people they love and trust.