Psychosis - SWEET INSTITUTE - Continuing Education for Mental Health Professionals https://sweetinstitute.com/category/diagnoses/psychosis-diagnoses/ The One Stop Shop for Mental Health Clinicians and Agencies Tue, 24 Feb 2026 12:27:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://sweetinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cropped-Add-a-heading-5-32x32.png Psychosis - SWEET INSTITUTE - Continuing Education for Mental Health Professionals https://sweetinstitute.com/category/diagnoses/psychosis-diagnoses/ 32 32 Psychosis-Symptom Contextualization: 5 rule outs https://sweetinstitute.com/psychosis-symptom-contextualization-5-rule-outs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=psychosis-symptom-contextualization-5-rule-outs Fri, 20 Jul 2018 10:00:00 +0000 http://sweetinstitute.com/2017-10-13-psychosis-symptom-contextualization-47nr2/ Farah is a 49-year-old female, who complains of difficulty sleeping (insomnia), feeling sad (depressed mood), and has held the belief that her daughter, Mia, was stealing her money and was trying to poison her food (paranoia).  Ron, the psychiatrist seeing Farah for the first time, examined her and noticed a lump (nodule) in her neck, some hand tremors, and weight loss.  Ron quickly assessed for acute risk, referred Farah to an endocrinologist, who confirmed a diagnosis of hyperthyroidism, treated Farah, and the psychiatric symptoms, including paranoia, subsided.

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]]> Psychosis-Symptom Contextualization https://sweetinstitute.com/psychosis-symptom-contextualization/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=psychosis-symptom-contextualization Fri, 13 Oct 2017 12:15:04 +0000 http://sweetinstitute.com/2017-10-13-psychosis-symptom-contextualization/ Farah is a 49-year-old female, who complains of difficulty sleeping (insomnia), feeling sad (depressed mood), and has held the belief that her daughter, Mia, was stealing her money and was trying to poison her food (paranoia).  Ron, the psychiatrist seeing Farah for the first time, examined her and noticed a lump (nodule) in her neck, some hand tremors, and weight loss.  Ron quickly assessed for acute risk, referred Farah to an endocrinologist, who confirmed a diagnosis of hyperthyroidism, treated Farah, and the psychiatric symptoms, including paranoia, subsided.

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]]> Symptom Contextualization: Introducing a New and Key Concept https://sweetinstitute.com/symptom-contextualization-introducing-a-new-and-key-concept-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=symptom-contextualization-introducing-a-new-and-key-concept-2 Fri, 06 Oct 2017 17:19:37 +0000 http://sweetinstitute.com/2017-10-6-symptom-contextualization-introducing-a-new-and-key-concept/ Arianna’s dream was to become a researcher.  “My older brother has been sick and suffering a lot, and I want to help him and also help stop suffering in the world.† She often said these words to herself, as a way to remember that keeping her promise alive meant hard work, keeping up with great grades, and maintaining her extracurricular activities.  Arianna wanted to be sure she was doing all the right things to get ready for college and in preparation for graduate school.  At age 15; however, Arianna suddenly developed some unusual and disturbing symptoms, including auditory hallucinations, visual hallucinations and disorganized behavior. 

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