Overview. Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) is a hormone produced by the body's adrenal glands. The body uses DHEA to make androgens and estrogens, the male and female sex hormones. DHEA levels peak at about age 25, then go down steadily as you get older. By the time people are 70 to 80 years old, their DHEA levels are only 10 to 20% those in young adults.
The Psychotic Symptom Rating Scales (Haddock et al., 1999) are semi-structured interviews designed to assess the subjective characteristics of hallucinations and delusions (see Appendix).
Psychosis Symptoms, Causes and Effects. Psychosis is a clinical term that describes a family of serious mental illnesses. Many people who are afflicted with psychotic issues find themselves marginalized or depressed as a result of the sometimes very disturbing symptoms of psychosis.mong those listed are: 1  Schizophrenia. 2  Literally meaning âsplit brain,â schizophrenia is a type of psychosis thatâs characterized by persistent â longer than six months â psychotic symptoms that are generally accompanied by a decline in the suffererâs ability to function in society. 3  Bipolar illness.