Endogenous psychosis is included in the list of serious illnesses of a mental nature. Endogenous mental disorder is formed by the action of a provoking factor, which has an internal genesis. In the article we will consider the causes of this pathology and its symptoms.
The bases of endogenous psychosis
It should be noted that a specific reason, due to which the patient may have a named psychosis, was not found. But experts identify factors that contribute to the formation of the disease to a certain extent.
So, endogenous psychosis can form under the influence of external factors. This mental disorder can be caused by excessive consumption of alcohol or drugs. Experts note that the basis of endogenous psychosis is an endocrine balance disorder and central nervous system. Sometimes the disease is determined by atherosclerosis of the blood vessels of the brain, hypertension or schizophrenia. The course of such a disease is characterized by the duration and frequency of manifestation.
Symptomatology
Signs of the disease can be expressed in a simple form even before the onset of the pathological condition. But, according to experts, identifying them can be relatively difficult.
Early symptoms include:
- irritability;
- periodic occurrence of feelings of anxiety;
- nervousness;
- increased susceptibility.
As a rule, patients have a sleep disorder, interruptions in appetite, a person becomes apathetic. At the same time, disability is reduced, attention is impaired, and any, even minor, trouble is the basis for stress. Endogenous psychosis also affects the formation of individual modifications of sensations. This, in turn, leads to a feeling of fear, depression, or sudden mood swings.
Endogenous psychosis directly affects personality changes. This is manifested in the fact that the patient sees a changed world, the patient is haunted by the feeling that he is being monitored. As a rule, illogical statements slip into the patient’s speech, which turn into delirium.
In such patients, deep thinking disorders are observed, which are accompanied by hallucinations. For no apparent reason, such a person can become depressed. And the basis of such modifications is the loss of a normal worldview. As a rule, the patient is not aware of what is happening to him at the moment, and cannot assess how difficult his mental modifications are.
Children's and teenage psychoses
Endogenous psychoses in children and adolescents do not have clearly defined symptoms, and therefore can have different configurations. Experts consider the appearance of illusions to obvious symptoms. First of all, this is the baby’s opportunity to contemplate, feel, hear what is not in reality. In this case, a child has a behavior disorder, which is expressed, for example, by laughter over annoying things, nervousness and irritability for no reason. The child also composes unusual words.
It is the presence of hallucinations and delusions that are the starting symptoms for diagnosing psychosis in children.
In the case of psychosis in adolescents, the risk of suicide is significantly increased, since in these patients there is weak self-control. For this reason, such patients must be hospitalized.
Causes of Childhood Psychosis
The reasons for the formation of psychosis in childhood are diverse. But the main factors provoking pathology are:
- long-term use of medications;
- transferred high body temperature;
- hormonal imbalance.
Sometimes childhood psychosis can develop without accompanying diseases. Children born with serious constitutional-type abnormalities are subject to psychoses, which spontaneously manifest at an early age. In most cases, these patients remain disabled for life.
Acute psychosis
This type of disease is considered a difficult mental illness, which is expressed by the presence of illusions, delirium, and a sense of fantasticness of everything that happens. It is rather difficult to determine the immediate cause of the formation of ailments. Specialists distinguish 3 groups of acute hallucinatory psychosis:
- Acute endogenous psychoses. They are mostly triggered by internal causes.
- Acute exogenous psychoses. Appear due to exposure to external traumatic causes. But, according to experts, a special place among the triggering factors is alcohol.
- Organic acute psychosis. A tumor or brain injury can become a provoking factor in the disease.
Forms of Acute Psychosis
In addition, there are a huge number of forms of the disease, which can be determined by a number of signs. The following forms of the disease are distinguished:
- Acute manic-depressive psychosis. This type of ailment is considered the most difficult. With this form of the disease, the patient has an alternation of a severe depressive state with stages of excessive emotionality.
- Acute manic psychosis. The peculiarity of the ailment is that the person is in a prolonged excited state.
- Acute reactive psychosis. The appearance of the disease is associated with a direct reaction of the body to a severe stressful situation. According to experts, this form of the disease has the most favorable prognosis, and in most cases is eliminated after the elimination of the stressful situation.
Most often, the patient should be hospitalized for direct treatment of the ailment of the patient. Such manipulations are primarily associated with the fact that the patient is in a state of perverted perception of the world, therefore, it can harm both himself and others, without realizing it.
Lingering type of psychosis
Chronic endogenous psychosis is schizophrenia, characterized by mental disorders that last for a long time and are accompanied by a personality change in a progressive form.
It is necessary to distinguish between 2 concepts - symptoms and signs of an ailment, since they have some differences. So, chronic endogenous psychosis has certain signs, which include:
- Alogy. It is characterized by the absence of logical thinking in the patient. This feature is explained by the scarcity of vocabulary.
- Autism. This symptom is characterized by the patient’s distance from the outside world, immersion in himself. Such a person lives in his own world. As a rule, his interests are limited, and his actions are monotonous. Such a patient is characterized by a complete lack of humor, therefore, everything said is taken by the patient literally.
- Ambivalence. Splitting consciousness, ambivalent attitude towards something.
- Associative thinking.
Symptoms of pathology include:
- hallucinations;
- illusions;
- rave;
- inappropriate behavior;
- speech and thinking disorder;
- obsessions.
Psychosis treatment
The treatment of these ailments is carried out only under the supervision of specialists, since strong drugs for the treatment of endogenous psychosis are prescribed depending on the patient's age, complexity and type of ailment. A special place in therapy is given to psychotropic drugs, antidepressants (Pyrazidol, Amitriptyline, Herfonal), tranquilizers (Seduxen) and antipsychotics (Triftazin, Stelazin, Aminazin). No less important is the psychological correction of the patient's social behavior. Treatment requires round-the-clock monitoring of it and can take a long time, since the body is depleted not only emotionally, but also physically.
But the duration of the course of therapy with timely treatment takes, as a rule, no more than 2 months. In advanced cases, the course may drag on indefinitely. Therefore, if you detect symptoms of the development of the disease, you should consult a doctor as soon as possible.