Neurology

Bipolar disorder & Schizophrenia

Since these severe mental illnesses can cause psychosis—impairments in thinking and emotion severe enough to cause a disconnection from reality—both bipolar disorder and schizophrenia are sometimes referred to as psychotic disorders. Extreme mood swings brought on by bipolar illness include manic highs and depressed lows. Schizophrenia is a persistent and severe mental illness that has an impact on a person's thoughts, feelings, and behaviour. Hallucinations, delusions, and disordered thinking are common in people with schizophrenia, who may appear to have lost contact with reality.