Psychosis
Contents |
Used for
affective psychosis, depressive psychosis, reactive psychotic depression
See for
insanity, psychotic depression
Broader Terms
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.
Disscusion
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