HOMOEOPATHIC MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE PSYCHOTIC SYMPTOMS A CASE SERIES

Abstract

Psychotic symptoms are a combination of symptoms such as hallucinations, delusions, and confused thoughts. They can be a symptom of serious psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, delusional disorder, depression, or substance use disorder.  Conventional medication and cognitive behavioural therapy are used to manage acute psychotic symptoms. Homoeopathy can also offer promising results for these symptoms, as evident from the previous studies.

Case Summary: Five patients reported at the outpatient department with psychotic symptoms of various psychiatric disorders, were treated with individualized homoeopathic medicine. There is a paucity of studies on the efficacy of homoeopathy in the management of acute psychiatric conditions. This case series, which consists of 5 cases with psychotic symptoms, is managed exclusively by homoeopathy. The possible causal attribution of changes was clearly depicted by the Modified Naranjo Criteria. All five patients showed improvement, as evidenced by the BPRS assessment scales. These cases manifest the positive role of homoeopathic treatment in reducing the psychotic symptoms and reinstating the patient's insight. To bring out further robust evidence of homoeopathy in managing psychotic symptoms, extensive research studies are required.

KEYWORDS

Case series, Psychotic symptoms, Homoeopathy, Brief psychotic rating scale.