What are some examples of a psychotic mental illness?

What are some examples of a psychotic mental illness?

• A. Bipolar Disorder; Anxiety; Depression
• B. Schizophrenia; Delusional Disorder; Substance-Induced
• C. ADHD; OCD; PTSD
• D. Generalized Anxiety Disorder; Panic Disorder; Social Anxiety

Answer: (B)

Psychotic disorders center on symptoms like delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thinking, and impaired reality testing. Schizophrenia is the prototypical example, marked by a mix of psychotic symptoms and functional impairment. Delusional disorder features fixed delusions with otherwise normal function, while substance-induced psychotic disorder arises when psychotic symptoms are directly caused by a substance and often resolve after the substance is removed. The other groups listed are primarily mood or anxiety disorders (or related conditions) that do not have psychosis as their defining feature, so they don’t fit the category of psychotic illnesses.

Psychotic disorders center on symptoms like delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thinking, and impaired reality testing. Schizophrenia is the prototypical example, marked by a mix of psychotic symptoms and functional impairment. Delusional disorder features fixed delusions with otherwise normal function, while substance-induced psychotic disorder arises when psychotic symptoms are directly caused by a substance and often resolve after the substance is removed. The other groups listed are primarily mood or anxiety disorders (or related conditions) that do not have psychosis as their defining feature, so they don’t fit the category of psychotic illnesses.