The investigators found that “any period of mild or greater severity nonadherence was significantly predictive of return of psychotic symptoms.”
Sometimes, severe episodes of mania or depression include symptoms of psychosis(or psychotic symptoms).
Their psychotic symptoms were usually limited to claims of “hearing voices, ” for which insight was intact and pharmacotherapy was readily requested.
As she developed an observing ego, it helped her recognize when she was having psychotic symptoms.
A true manic episode lasts for one week or more, often includes psychotic symptoms and sometimes requires hospitalization.
