Psychosis

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Contents 1 Used for 2 See for 3 Broader Terms 4 Narrower Terms 5 Related Terms 6 Scope Note 7 Facts

Used for

affective psychosis, depressive psychosis, reactive psychotic depression

See for

insanity, psychotic depression

Broader Terms

mental disorder

Narrower Terms

alcoholic psychosis, major depression, organic brain syndrome, paranoid psychosis, schizophrenia

Related Terms

dementia, early infantile autism, familial dysautonomia, hallucination, postpartum depression

Scope Note

severest class of psychological disorders, characterized by one or more of severe affective disturbances, profound introspection, withdrawal from reality, hallucinations, or regression.

Facts

• Psychosis is a generic psychiatric term for a mental state in which thought and perception are severely impaired.
• Hospital psychosis is not necessarily evidence of a more serious mental condition.
• A mental illness that markedly interferes with a person's capacity to meet life's everyday demands.
• a severe mental disorder characterized by delusions, hallucinations, and inability to deal with reality.

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