Review Article
The Brain/Mind Experience of Psychosis
- Leighton J Reynolds *
Treatment and tools for trauma, Greater Loss Angeles, California, United States of America.
*Corresponding Author: Leighton J Reynolds, Treatment and tools for trauma, Greater Loss Angeles, California, United States of America.
Citation: Leighton J Reynolds. (2025). The Brain/Mind Experience of Psychosis. Journal of BioMed Research and Reports, BioRes Scientia Publishers. 7(1):1-6. DOI: 10.59657/2837-4681.brs.25.139
Copyright: © 2025 Leighton J Reynolds, this is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Received: February 05, 2025 | Accepted: February 19, 2025 | Published: February 26, 2025
Abstract
I have never been a strong advocate of the use of psychotropic medications in the treatment of psychosis, especially when this is the exclusive treatment. At the same time, I am aware that these medications have helped many patients during their psychotic episodes, especially on a short-term basis. What I am questioning here is the best long-term basis for the treatment of psychosis. In considering this question I am reminded of Ms. B, a rather large and imposing woman, who would gallop (literary) around our hospital unit shouting “the Red Chinese were taking over Congress and we should all be terrified” (who’s to say that psychotic delusions don’t have some kind of truth to them). Her favorite quote as one of her galloping episodes would come to a halt was: “We’re all going die!” It was rather comical to witness one of her episodes, but she was deadly serious and terrified at the same time. What I think is most important here is the fact that when I ran into her at another hospital about a year later, she was totally rational, literally a different person. Which leads me to ask the question: what exactly was the difference between her psychotic state and her non-psychotic state. And further, what is the experience of psychosis really all about? And if we understand the experience of psychosis better, can we then design better treatment protocols for these patients beyond just psychotropic medications? I believe we can, specifically when we understand what is happening in the brain/mind during psychosis.
Keywords: brain; mind; anxiety; psychotropic medications
References
- Johannessen, J. O., & Joa, I. (2021). Modern understanding of psychosis: From brain disease to stress disorder, and some other important aspects of psychosis. Psychosis: Psychological, Social, and Integrative Approaches, 13(4).
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