Kheri Sees Surge in Psychotic Disorder: Children, Elderly Affected

• Lakhimpur Kheri district reports a significant increase in psychotic depression cases, affecting both children and the elderly.
• Psychotic depression, or Major Depressive Disorder with Psychotic Features, involves deep depression alongside hallucinations and delusions.
• Mental health expert Dr. Akhilesh Shukla notes a rise from very few cases last year to about 20 daily, with patients struggling to distinguish reality.
• Primary causes include stress from unhealthy lifestyles, academic pressure, old injuries, severe head trauma, high fever, and lack of sleep.
• Prevention involves stopping substance abuse, practicing yoga, ensuring adequate sleep, consuming nutritious food, and limiting mobile phone use.