Three year old Shawn ate lead paint which was chipping off the walls in an older home. Consequently, he developed a psychosis based on brain damage due to lead poisoning. Shawn's psychosis would be called a(n):
Correct answer: B. organic psychosis
- A. functional psychosis
- B. organic psychosis
- C. neural psychosis
- D. neo - cortical psychosis
Explanation
Organic psychosis results from identifiable physical damage or disease of the brain, such as lead poisoning. Functional psychosis refers to psychotic symptoms without a clearly established organic brain cause.
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