Review of literature indicates that traumatic events in the early childhood can trigger psychotic behavior later in life. Traumatic events can affect your body, spirit, and brain. They often lead to psychosis, which is not a diagnosis, but a very important symptom. “Psychosis is defined as of loss of contact with reality, and is not part of a person’s cultural group belief system or experience” (NAMI, 2015).
1. What is Psychosis in Children?;
2. How can this Behavior Affect the Child?; and
3. What Can be Done to Help or Assist Psychosis in Children?
What is Psychosis in Children? Psychosis showing itself in childhood and young adulthood has been a controversial topic all throughout the history of the field of child psychiatry because of the lack of the diagnosis clarity. Children´s psychosis can be triggered by a traumatic event in the early childhood. Events such as the death of a loved one, a near death
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The way that most people recover from psychosis, is through treatment, whether it be medical treatment consisting of medications or through therapy. In some cases of psychosis the patient may be urged to hurt themselves or inflict self harm, or harm others, when this is the case the most common treatment is a treatment called, Rapid Tranquilization. In rapid tranquilization, it’s a fast acting shot that calms the patient down allowing the patient to rid of their anger or annoyance. Another form of treatment consists of medications that include antipsychotics. “These medicines reduce hallucinations and delusions and help people think more clearly. The type of medicine you are prescribed will depend on which symptoms you are experiencing (Carey, 2015). The most common therapy that is given to children with psychosis is cognitive behavioral therapy. This therapy consists of meeting with a counselor regularly to talk about changing your thinking and behavior (Carey,