PSYCHOSIS

Psychosis

Psychosis

After completing my dissertation I have come to know that Psychosis can happen to anyone, male or female. In men, the disease usually occurs several years earlier than women do. Psychotic symptoms usually appear between 16 and 30 years. Note also that the risk of psychosis is in people who have relatives with severe mental illness.

This dissertation contributes new knowledge that may aid in the improvement of family-based interventions and the development of new peer-based treatments for psychosis. The comparison group research design permitted the discovery of associations between peer networks and psychological outcomes particular to psychosis rather than a serious ...