{"id":2362,"date":"2017-10-30T12:26:26","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T12:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/screening.mhanational.org\/article\/what-is-psychosis\/"},"modified":"2022-12-02T15:59:15","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T20:59:15","slug":"what-psychosis","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/screening.mhanational.org\/es\/content\/what-psychosis\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00bfQu\u00e9 es la psicosis?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>La psicosis es una afecci\u00f3n que afecta la percepci\u00f3n de la realidad de una persona. Se vuelve dif\u00edcil distinguir entre lo que es real y lo que no lo es. Los s\u00edntomas pueden ser leves o extremos.<\/p>\n<p>Aunque la mayor\u00eda de la gente considera la psicosis como un trastorno mental, las personas que la padecen suelen tener explicaciones espirituales o sobrenaturales para lo que les est\u00e1 sucediendo.<\/p>\n<p>La psicosis puede manifestarse de muchas formas diferentes:<\/p>\n<h2>Percepci\u00f3n<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>O\u00edr sonidos o voces que los dem\u00e1s no oyen.<\/li>\n<li>Ver sombras fantasmales o l\u00edneas onduladas.<\/li>\n<li>De repente, tener una disminuci\u00f3n del sentido del olfato.<\/li>\n<li>Volverse muy sensible a la luz, los sonidos o el tacto.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Comportamiento<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Alejarse de la familia y los amigos<\/li>\n<li>Ira o miedo hacia los seres queridos<\/li>\n<li>Cambios en el sue\u00f1o, incluida la inversi\u00f3n: dormir durante el d\u00eda y permanecer despierto por la noche.<\/li>\n<li>Cambios en el apetito<\/li>\n<li>Descuidar la higiene personal.<\/li>\n<li>Comportamientos extra\u00f1os o que no parecen propios de ti.\u201c<\/li>\n<li>Discurso o escritura sin sentido o extra\u00f1a.<\/li>\n<li>De repente, ser incapaz de funcionar en el trabajo o en la escuela.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Reflexiones<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Sentirse desconectado o indiferente ante situaciones importantes.<\/li>\n<li>Sentir que las cosas no son reales o no est\u00e1n del todo bien.<\/li>\n<li>Creer que te est\u00e1n observando constantemente o que otras personas pueden leer tu mente.<\/li>\n<li>Miedo extremo sin motivo aparente.<\/li>\n<li>Paranoia o miedos extra\u00f1os que no desaparecen.<\/li>\n<li>Dificultad para concentrarse y recordar cosas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>La psicosis es un s\u00edntoma, no una afecci\u00f3n mental espec\u00edfica. La mayor\u00eda de las personas la consideran como una <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychiatry.org\/patients-families\/schizophrenia\/what-is-schizophrenia\">s\u00edntoma de esquizofrenia<\/a>, pero tambi\u00e9n puede aparecer <a href=\"https:\/\/screening.mhanational.org\/es\/content\/what-is-mania\/\">en el trastorno bipolar durante un episodio man\u00edaco<\/a>. Incluso existe algo as\u00ed como <a href=\"https:\/\/webmd.com\/depression\/guide\/psychotic-depression\">depresi\u00f3n psic\u00f3tica<\/a>. Algunos medicamentos o drogas recreativas tambi\u00e9n pueden desencadenar psicosis. Lo mismo ocurre con el estr\u00e9s extremo o la falta de sue\u00f1o.<\/p>\n<p>Desde fuera, es f\u00e1cil mirar a alguien que sufre psicosis y decir que ha \u201cperdido el contacto con la realidad\u201d. Pero las cosas que esa persona est\u00e1 experimentando pueden parecerle tan reales como cualquier otra cosa. En lugar de eso, puedes pensar en ello como <em>vivir en una realidad diferente a la que experimentan los dem\u00e1s<\/em>. Sentirse aislado de los dem\u00e1s suele ser un componente importante de la psicosis.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Hay diferentes niveles de psicosis. Puedes tener alucinaciones y saber que algo no est\u00e1 bien, pero tambi\u00e9n puedes estar completamente fuera de tus cabales. Hubo un periodo en el que ni siquiera sab\u00eda que estaba psic\u00f3tico, porque no sab\u00eda en qu\u00e9 realidad me encontraba. Es algo que existe en un espectro.<\/p>\n<footer>Abbey, 23 a\u00f1os<\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Tratamiento y recuperaci\u00f3n de la psicosis<\/h2>\n<p>La psicosis es bastante com\u00fan: aproximadamente el 31 % de las personas la padecen. Tiende a empeorar con el tiempo, por lo que es importante comenzar a buscar tratamiento lo antes posible.<\/p>\n<p>Experimentar una psicosis puede ser aterrador y confuso, y es posible que los amigos y familiares no sepan qu\u00e9 hacer cuando quieren ayudar. Cuando intentas ayudar a alguien con psicosis, es importante tener en cuenta que lo que est\u00e1 experimentando es real para \u00e9l.<\/p>\n<p>La buena noticia es que la recuperaci\u00f3n es posible. Ya sea una experiencia \u00fanica con psicosis o algo que ocurre a lo largo de la vida de una persona, las personas que experimentan psicosis pueden llevar una vida plena y significativa y contribuir a sus comunidades. Existen tratamientos, servicios y apoyos disponibles para ayudar a las personas a desarrollar un plan basado en lo que necesitan y desean lograr.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>La psicosis afecta menos a mi vida diaria que antes. Al principio, consum\u00eda mi vida (al igual que otros s\u00edntomas). Empec\u00e9 a mejorar mucho hace unos tres a\u00f1os y he ido mejorando cada a\u00f1o desde entonces.<\/p>\n<footer>Oto\u00f1o, 26<\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Si t\u00fa o alguien cercano a ti est\u00e1 luchando contra la psicosis, es importante buscar ayuda profesional lo antes posible. Cuanto antes reciba la persona apoyo y tratamiento, \u00a1mejor! Si no est\u00e1s seguro de si est\u00e1s experimentando psicosis, <a href=\"https:\/\/screening.mhanational.org\/es\/screening-tools\/psychosis\/\">Comience por realizar nuestra prueba de psicosis gratuita y confidencial.<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button blue round caret collapsed\" href=\"#references\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"references\" data-toggle-text=\"Hide References\">Mostrar referencias<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"references\" class=\"references collapse\">\n<ul>\n<li>Asociaci\u00f3n Estadounidense de Psiquiatr\u00eda. (2013).\u00a0<em>Manual diagn\u00f3stico y estad\u00edstico de los trastornos mentales\u00a0<\/em>(5.\u00aa ed.). Arlington, Virginia: Autor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Lecturas adicionales<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Alianza Nacional para la Salud Mental. <em>Psicosis temprana y psicosis<\/em>. Obtenido de <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nami.org\/earlypsychosis\">https:\/\/www.nami.org\/earlypsychosis<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Instituto Nacional de Salud Mental. <em>Preguntas y respuestas sobre la psicosis<\/em>. Obtenido de <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nimh.nih.gov\/health\/topics\/schizophrenia\/raise\/raise-questions-and-answers.shtml\">https:\/\/www.nimh.nih.gov\/health\/topics\/schizophrenia\/raise\/raise-questions-and-answers.shtml<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Psychosis is a condition that affects a person&#8217;s sense of reality. It becomes hard to tell what\u2019s real and what isn\u2019t. The symptoms can be mild or extreme. 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