psychosis
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While making the project, his mother suffered two strokes, his brother was treated for psychosis, and his younger sister died of sickle cell anaemia.
From BBC
According to Dr. Bohn, "this is an important drug target in neuropsychiatric disorders, including depression and psychosis."
From Science Daily
Using AI chatbots might be linked to cases of psychosis, top psychiatrists say.
Bot Breakdowns: Having seen or reviewed the files of dozens of patients who exhibited symptoms following prolonged, delusion-filled conversations with AI tools, top psychiatrists increasingly agree that chatbots might be linked to cases of psychosis.
Doctors say psychosis is marked by the presence of three factors: hallucinations, disorganized thinking or communication, and the presence of delusions, defined as fixed, false beliefs that aren’t widely held.
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