Geriatric psychosis is a kind of mental illness that occurs in the elderly population, and its symptoms are diverse, mainly including the following aspects:
1. Thinking disorders: patients may have confused thinking, jumping, unclear logic, and even bizarre and absurd thoughts, as well as forced thoughts or delusions, such as delusions of victimization, delusions of relationships, etc.
2. Hallucinatory experience: the common is auditory hallucination, such as hearing a voice that others cannot hear, and the content is mostly criticism, accusation or instruction; Visual hallucinations may also occur.
3. Emotional apathy and emotional disharmony: patients may show emotional flatness, indifference, slow response to external things, or emotional fluctuations that do not match the actual situation.
4. Abnormal behavior: including withdrawn, withdrawn, bizarre behavior, social deterioration, etc., and sometimes inappropriate or inappropriate behavior.
5. Cognitive decline: memory loss, slow thinking, executive dysfunction, etc., these problems may be aggravated on the basis of mental illness and affect the ability to take care of themselves in daily life.
6. Physical discomfort: In addition to psychiatric symptoms, patients may also complain of various unexplained physical discomforts, such as headache, chest tightness, insomnia, etc.
7. Language communication disorder: poor language expression, empty or ambiguous conversation, and sometimes self-talking.
Given the complexity of geriatric psychosis, early recognition and timeliness are crucial, often using pharmacological and psychosocial interventions to help patients manage symptoms, improve quality of life, and delay disease progression. The love, companionship and support of family members and caregivers are also important.