Psychotic Disorders

People with psychotic disorders lose contact with reality and experience a range of extreme symptoms that usually includes:

• Hallucinations—hearing or seeing things that are not real, such as voices
• Delusions—believing things that are not true

However, these symptoms can occur in people with other health problems, including bipolar disorder, dementia, substance abuse disorders, or brain tumors.

Psychotic disorders include:

• Schizophrenia