I. What is psychosis? Psychosis is a customary term that refers to a state in which a person’s mental functions are impaired and in a pathological state. In medicine, psychological and psychiatric are synonymous, so it can be said that psychosis is a state of psychological abnormality. However, the degree of severity of psychological abnormalities varies greatly, and not all deviations from the psychological level reach the level of “disease”. It is customary to refer to such milder cases as mental disorders, and to refer to cases where the impairment of mental functioning is so severe that the ability to discern the real world is lost as mental illness. In recent years, in order to avoid confusion, the term “mental illness” is rarely used in academic circles, and the term “mental disorder” is used to indicate the state of impaired psychosocial function, which includes both severe “mental illness” and general mental disorder. Li Xiufang of the Department of Psychological Counseling of the Liaocheng Fourth People’s Hospital What kind of people are vulnerable to mental illness? 1, paranoid character: stubborn and stubborn, like to do things “head down the south wall”, sensitive and suspicious, like to jealousy or blame others; irritable and irritable, often friction with others; in work and life, self-righteous, do not listen to the views of others. This kind of personality is mostly seen in young men, prone to paranoid psychosis. 2, circular personality: sometimes, emotions are very high, especially enthusiastic about people; sometimes interest and enthusiasm are dissipated, only indifference, tedium and loneliness. These two very different personalities often alternate, so called “cyclic personality”. This personality is prone to emotional psychosis. 3, split personality: introverted, eccentric, usually silent, timid and fearful, like to be alone, do not like to socialize, passive in the workplace, lazy life, one-sided thinking, strange, good at things. This kind of personality is prone to schizophrenia. 4, hysterical personality: easy to fluctuate feelings, talk without depth, where to say; do sloppy work often fantasy, from time to time will actually fantasy as reality, make some dramatic actions. This character once encountered trauma, very easy to suffer from hysteria. 5, neurasthenia personality: with aloof, timid, suspicious, hesitant, good thinking, restrained, poor interest and other personality characteristics. This type of personality is prone to suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder. What are the causes of mental illness? Up to now, the causes and pathogenesis of mental illnesses have not been completely clarified; however, it is basically certain that the causes of most mental illnesses have a greater relationship with genetic factors, development as a child, etc. Psychological stimulation also has a certain relationship with mental illness, but it is not the main cause. Therefore, after suffering from mental illness, the most important thing is to go to a regular hospital to receive regular treatment and strive for maximum recovery, without the need to laboriously search for or eliminate the causes of the disease that have not been thoroughly understood. Fourth, why does mental stimulation make people suffer from mental illness? This is because when people encounter adverse emotional stimuli (medically known as life events), regardless of how the event is caused, there will always be some kind of psychological pressure, psychology is called “stress response”. When a life event occurs, the psychological stress response causes changes in cortical function, which affects the limbic system and causes pathological changes in pituitary k-endocrine activity. At the beginning of the psychological stress response, the secretion of adrenocorticotropic hormone, growth hormone, and prolactin increases and rapidly reaches its peak, and then rapidly drops below the normal baseline (the psychological denial period) and is maintained for a considerable period of time. It is this change that causes pathogenic changes in the psychology and physiology of the person. If this change reaches a certain level and exceeds the body’s ability to regulate, it will produce a dysfunctional psychological balance, a disturbance in brain function, and then a mental illness. There are two kinds of relationship between mental factors and mental illness, one is causal, that is, mental factors are the direct cause of the disease, without mental stimulation will not lead to mental abnormalities, once the mental stimulation is eliminated, the mental symptoms will disappear, clinically known as “psychogenic reaction”, the other is a mutual relationship, that is, mental factors only induce The other is a mutual aid relationship, that is, mental factors only trigger the mental illness, without mental stimulation will sooner or later develop, mental factors only accelerate the process of the disease, and after the disease occurs, it will develop according to its own laws, and no longer have an obvious connection with mental stimulation, after the elimination of mental stimulation, the disease will not be cured. In a sense, the correct understanding and handling of life events is closely related to the slowing down and elimination of mental illness, because people have a period of psychological denial immediately after being hit by an acute life event, and there is a serious imbalance of adrenocortical hormone secretion in the body. If preventive psychotherapy is taken during this period, psychological support such as comfort, persuasion, encouragement, explanation, or consultation with a psychiatrist is given. If we can get out of the psychological negation period as soon as possible, the endocrine function of the body can be restored to normal, which is one of the effective ways to prevent the occurrence of mental illness. V. What should I do if I have a mental illness? If you are suffering from mental illness or suspect that you are suffering from mental illness, you should first go to a regular psychiatric specialist, seek professional medical consultation, and receive inpatient or outpatient treatment according to the doctor’s recommendation. Physicians and surgeons are generally not expert enough in the treatment of mental illness, so it is not appropriate to go to a general hospital for mental illness. Of course, it is not advisable to go to some other irregular institutions or even to engage in superstitious activities. What is the goal of psychiatric treatment? The cause of mental illness has not been completely clarified, so the current treatment methods cannot completely eliminate the cause and “cut off” the disease; however, modern medicine has made significant progress in the treatment of mental illness, and through regular and systematic treatment and rehabilitation, most mental patients can eliminate their symptoms, restore their ability to live, learn and work, and live a happy life as normal people. They can lead a happy life like normal people. Therefore, instead of setting the goal of psychiatric treatment as an unrealistic “cure”, we should adopt a realistic attitude and set the goal of treatment as “controlling symptoms, reducing relapses, restoring the ability to live and work, and improving the quality of life.” 7. Can psychosis be cured? The key to curing mental illness lies in the position of the treatment goals and requirements. If the goal is set at the “root of the problem, the root of the problem”, it is difficult to cure mental illness, but if the goal is set at the “control of symptoms, reduce relapses, restore the ability to work and improve the quality of life However, if the goal is set at the realistic and feasible position of “controlling symptoms, reducing relapses, restoring the ability to live and work, and improving the quality of life,” it can be said that mental illness can be cured.