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Causes of Psychotic Behaviour

This section discusses 92 medical conditions causing Psychotic Behaviour. A simple discussion of these causes with additional information is below.

Causes of Psychotic Behaviour:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Psychotic Behaviour. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

• See also delusions, hallucinations, disorganization
• Alcohol withdrawl (see Alcohol use)
• Drug Use
• Head Injury
• Dementia
• Huntington's Disease
• Brain tumour
• Brain abscess
• Syphilis
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Stroke
• AIDS
• Diabetic Ketoacidosis
• Dehydration
• Meningitis
• Pneumonia
• Schizophrenia
• Depression
• Bipolar disorder
• Obsessive compulsive disorder
• Postpartum depression (type of Depression)
• Delerium
• Dementia
• Stress
• Sleep deprivation
• Following an operation
• Organic disorders
• Alcohol withdrawal syndrome
• Cerebral hypoxia
• Nutritional disorders
• Endocrine disorders
• Adrenal dysfunction (see Adrenal gland symptoms)
• Severe infections
• Encephalitis
• Alzheimer's disease
• Psychiatric disorders
• Bipolar disorders
• Personality disorders
• Traumatic stress disorder
• Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
• Datura poisoning
• Hypercalcaemia

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Psychotic Behaviour:

The following list of conditions have 'Psychotic Behaviour' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

Select from the following alphabetical view of conditions which include a symptom of Psychotic Behaviour or choose View All.

A

• ACTH Deficiency ... psychosis
• Amphetamine withdrawal ... psychosis

B

• Bipolar disorder ... psychosis

C

• Calcification of basal ganglia with or without hypocalcemia ... psychosis
• Cathinone poisoning ... psychosis
• Chemical poisoning -- Carbon Disulfide ... psychosis
• Chemical poisoning -- Lysergic Acid Diethylamide ... psychosis
• Chemical poisoning -- Manganese ... psychosis
• Choreoacanthocytosis amyotrophic ... psychosis
• Claviceps purpurea poisoning ... psychosis
• Crystal meth addiction ... psychosis

D

• Dobriner syndrome ... psychosis

E

• Ecstasy withdrawal ... psychosis

F

• Ferlini-Ragno-Calzolari syndrome ... psychosis

H

• Hawaiian Baby Woodrose poisoning ... psychosis
• Herbal Agent overdose -- Wormwood ... psychosis
• Hydrocephalus -- costovertebral dysplasia -- Sprengel anomaly ... psychosis
• Hydrocephalus -- Skeletal Anomalies -- Mental Disturbance ... psychosis
• Hypoparathyroidism, autoimmune ... psychosis

M

• Marijuana abuse ... psychosis
• Marijuana addiction ... psychosis
• Mental retardation psychosis macroorchidism ... psychosis
• Mental retardation X-linked -- psychosis -- macroorchidism ... psychosis
• Mescal poisoning ... psychosis
• Methylmalonic acidemia, synthesis defect of AdoCbl and MeCbl ... psychosis

N

• Niemann-Pick disease, type D ... psychosis
• Norrie Disease ... Psychosis
• Norrie syndrome ... psychosis
• Nutritional deficiency ... Psychosis

P

• Pork tapeworm ... psychosis
• Psychotic disorders ... psychosis

S

• Schizoaffective disorder ... Psychosis
• Sjogren syndrome, secondary ... psychosis
• St. Anthony's fire ... psychosis

T

• Toxic mushrooms -- Anticholinergic ... psychosis
• Toxic mushrooms -- Psychedelic ... psychosis
• Transthyretin amyloidosis ... psychosis

V

• Vitamin B12 Deficiency ... psychosis

W

• Waaler Aarskog syndrome ... psychosis
• Wilson's Disease ... psychosis

Conditions listing medical complications: Psychotic Behaviour:

The following list of medical conditions have 'Psychotic Behaviour' or similar listed as a medical complication in our database. This computer-generated list of complications may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

A

• Amphetamine abuse ... psychosis
• Asperger syndrome ... psychosis
• Asperger Syndrome, Susceptibility to, 1 ... psychosis
• Asperger Syndrome, Susceptibility to, 2 ... psychosis
• Asperger Syndrome, Susceptibility to, 3 ... psychosis
• Asperger Syndrome, X-linked, Susceptibility to, 1 ... psychosis
• Asperger Syndrome, X-linked, Susceptibility to, 2 ... psychosis
• Autism ... psychosis

B

• Bipolar disorder ... psychosis

C

• Cocaine addiction ... psychosis
• Crack addiction ... psychosis

E

• Ecstasy addiction ... psychosis

N

• Narcotic addiction ... psychosis

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List of 92 causes of Psychotic Behaviour

This section shows a full list of all the diseases and conditions listed as a possible cause of Psychotic Behaviour in our database from various sources.

• ACTH Deficiency - psychosis
• Adrenal dysfunction
• AIDS
• Alcohol withdrawal syndrome
• Alcohol withdrawl
• Alzheimer's disease
• Amphetamine abuse - psychosis
• Amphetamine withdrawal - psychosis
• Asperger syndrome - psychosis
• Asperger Syndrome, Susceptibility to, 1 - psychosis
• Asperger Syndrome, Susceptibility to, 2 - psychosis
• Asperger Syndrome, Susceptibility to, 3 - psychosis
• Asperger Syndrome, X-linked, Susceptibility to, 1 - psychosis
• Asperger Syndrome, X-linked, Susceptibility to, 2 - psychosis
• Autism - psychosis
• Bipolar disorder - psychosis
• Bipolar disorders
• Brain abscess
• Brain tumour
• Calcification of basal ganglia with or without hypocalcemia - psychosis
• Cathinone poisoning - psychosis
• Cerebral hypoxia
• Chemical poisoning -- Carbon Disulfide - psychosis
• Chemical poisoning -- Lysergic Acid Diethylamide - psychosis
• Chemical poisoning -- Manganese - psychosis
• Choreoacanthocytosis amyotrophic - psychosis
• Claviceps purpurea poisoning - psychosis
• Cocaine addiction - psychosis
• Crack addiction - psychosis
• Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
• Crystal meth addiction - psychosis
• Datura poisoning
• Dehydration
• Delerium
• Dementia
• Depression
• Diabetic Ketoacidosis
• Dobriner syndrome - psychosis
• Drug Use
• Ecstasy addiction - psychosis
• Ecstasy withdrawal - psychosis
• Encephalitis
• Endocrine disorders
• Ferlini-Ragno-Calzolari syndrome - psychosis
• Following an operation
• Hawaiian Baby Woodrose poisoning - psychosis
• Head Injury
• Herbal Agent overdose -- Wormwood - psychosis
• Huntington's Disease
• Hydrocephalus -- costovertebral dysplasia -- Sprengel anomaly - psychosis
• Hydrocephalus -- Skeletal Anomalies -- Mental Disturbance - psychosis
• Hypercalcaemia
• Hypoparathyroidism, autoimmune - psychosis
• Marijuana abuse - psychosis
• Marijuana addiction - psychosis
• Meningitis
• Mental retardation psychosis macroorchidism - psychosis
• Mental retardation X-linked -- psychosis -- macroorchidism - psychosis
• Mescal poisoning - psychosis
• Methylmalonic acidemia, synthesis defect of AdoCbl and MeCbl - psychosis
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Narcotic addiction - psychosis
• Niemann-Pick disease, type D - psychosis
• Norrie Disease - Psychosis
• Norrie syndrome - psychosis
• Nutritional deficiency - Psychosis
• Nutritional disorders
• Obsessive compulsive disorder
• Organic disorders
• Personality disorders
• Pneumonia
• Pork tapeworm - psychosis
• Postpartum depression
• Psychiatric disorders
• Psychotic disorders - psychosis
• Schizoaffective disorder - Psychosis
• Schizophrenia
• See also delusions, hallucinations, disorganization
• Severe infections
• Sjogren syndrome, secondary - psychosis
• Sleep deprivation
• St. Anthony's fire - psychosis
• Stress
• Stroke
• Syphilis
• Toxic mushrooms -- Anticholinergic - psychosis
• Toxic mushrooms -- Psychedelic - psychosis
• Transthyretin amyloidosis - psychosis
• Traumatic stress disorder
• Vitamin B12 Deficiency - psychosis
• Waaler Aarskog syndrome - psychosis
• Wilson's Disease - psychosis

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Drug side effect causes of Psychotic Behaviour

The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins may possibly cause Psychotic Behaviour as a side effect.

• Seromycin Pulvules
• Cycloserine
• AK-Pentolate
• Cyclopentolate Hydrochloride
• I-Pentolate

[See detailed list of 59 drug side effect causes of Psychotic Behaviour]

Drug interaction causes of Psychotic Behaviour:

Drug interactions may be a possible cause of Psychotic Behaviour.

• Zyvox and dextromethorphan interaction
• Linezolid and dextromethorphan interaction
• Tagamet (Cimetidine) and Adapin (Doxepin) interaction
• Tagamet (Cimetidine) and Sinequan (Doxepin) interaction
• Tagamet (Cimetidine) and Aventyl (Nortriptyline) interaction

[See detailed list of 75 drug interaction causes of Psychotic Behaviour]

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