Drug Induced Psychosis And The Treatments.

DRUG INDUCED PSYCHOSIS.Drug refers to any substance that when taken/consumed/injected alters normal body functioning from normalcy to abnormalcy.Normalcy is a situation in which the body functioning is operating at a normal level while abnormalcy refers to any alterations in the physiological, physical and mental functioning.To induce is to result to.Therefore,drug induced psychosis refers to a mental health condition which is caused by excessive use of substances.Drug induced psychosis is characterised by break from reality including hallucinations and delusions. Hallucinations refers to perceiving things that are not real for example hearing sounds that do not exist or seeing things that do not exist in real life situation.Hallucinations have also been identified as one of the main effects of drugs and substances.Drugs which can lead to drug induced psychosis include stimulants,hallucinogens and depressants (Khat, cocaine, alcohol,bhang,glue).These mentioned drugs when taken in excessive amounts,they result to drug addiction after which drug induced psychosis results.SYMPTOMS OF DRUG INDUCED PSYCHOSIS.With Hallucinations and Delusions being the main signs and symptoms of drug induced psychosis as they are associated with break