Psychosis and The Brain

Are our brains currently in reality based on how people live such DIGITAL lives? Doomscrolling for dopamine and replacing human interaction with digital information. False beliefs, paranoia and persecution--are these things increasing with the use of AI, false information, and isolation? Lack of awareness that people's behaviors or thoughts are unusual?

First major study on ‘AI psychosis’ suggests chatbots can encourage delusions among vulnerable people
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/14/ai-chatbots-psychosis

What is psychosis? Who is prone?
https://www.michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/when-reality-fails-what-know-about-psychosis

What part of the brain is responsible for psychosis?

https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2024/04/brain-systems-psychosis.html

Is psychosis merely a mental health disorder? Can normal brains experience psychosis?
https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/understanding-psychosis#:~:text=Psychosis%20may%20be%20a%20symptom,schizophrenia%20or%20any%20other%20disorder.

Delusions and disordered thinking what else characterizes psychosis?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3q5TaqOsKA

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