Find a therapist to treat psychosis

Psychosis is the experience of finding reality confusing or unclear.

Psychosis exists on a spectrum.

We have all had some experiences that are akin to psychosis.

I have had both the responsibility and the privilege of giving many people and their loved ones the diagnosis of psychosis.

Technically, psychosis is not a stand-alone diagnosis; it's actually a syndrome, a collection of symptoms that does not make any assumptions about causation or prognosis. This is in contrast to a diagnosis like schizophrenia, which allegedly makes assumptions about causation and prognosis—but which really just means ongoing psychosis without any other known cause.

When I say that delivering the diagnosis is a privilege, it’s because I get to offer people—at a........

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