Definisjon av psychosis

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Noun

psychosis - any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted
mental disease, mental illness, psychopathy any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention
delirium tremens, dts acute delirium caused by alcohol poisoning
paranoia a psychological disorder characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeur
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Substantiv

psychosis - A severe mental disorder, sometimes with physical damage to the brain, marked by a deranged personality and a distorted view of reality.

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  • Psychosis (from the Greek ψυχή "psyche", for mind/soul, and -ωσις "-osis", for abnormal condition) means abnormal condition of the mind, and is a generic psychiatric term for a mental state often described as involving a "loss of contact with reality". People suffering from psychosis are described as psychotic. Psychosis is given to the more severe forms of psychiatric disorder, during which hallucinations and delusions and impaired insight may occur.

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  • Entall: psychosis
  • Flertall: psychoses

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