schizophrenic disorder — noun any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact • Syn: ↑schizophrenia, ↑schizophrenic psychosis, ↑dementia praecox • Derivationally… … Useful english dictionary
psychosis — [sī kō′sis] n. pl. psychoses [sī kō′sēz΄] [ModL: see PSYCHO & OSIS] a major mental disorder in which the personality is very seriously disorganized and contact with reality is usually impaired: psychoses are of two sorts, a) functional… … English World dictionary
psychosis — /suy koh sis/, n., pl. psychoses / seez/. 1. a mental disorder characterized by symptoms, such as delusions or hallucinations, that indicate impaired contact with reality. 2. any severe form of mental disorder, as schizophrenia or paranoia. [1840 … Universalium
Psychosis — Not to be confused with Psychopathy. For other uses, see Psychosis (disambiguation). Psychosis Classification and external resources ICD 10 F20 F29[1] ICD 9 … Wikipedia
Psychosis: Emergence of Concepts — (See also Folie à Deux; French Chronic Delusional States [from 1909]; Paranoia; Paraphrenia; Positive vs. Negative Symptoms; Schizophrenia: Emergence; Unitary Psychosis.) In medicine, psychosis can mean (1) loss of contact with reality, in… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
Psychosis — In the general sense, a mental illness that markedly interferes with a person s capacity to meet life s everyday demands. In a specific sense, it refers to a thought disorder in which reality testing is grossly impaired. Symptoms can include… … Medical dictionary
acute schizophrenic episode — noun schizophrenia of abrupt onset and relatively short duration (a few weeks or months) • Syn: ↑reactive schizophrenia • Hypernyms: ↑schizophrenia, ↑schizophrenic disorder, ↑schizophrenic psychosis, ↑dementia praecox … Useful english dictionary
Schizotypy — is a psychological concept which describes a continuum of personality characteristics and experiences related to psychosis and in particular, schizophrenia.This is in contrast to a categorical view of psychosis, where psychosis is considered to… … Wikipedia
Interpretation of Schizophrenia — (first edition, 1955) is a book written by psychiatrist Silvano Arieti that won the 1975 scientific National Book Award in the United States. Interpretation of Schizophrenia sets forth demonstrative evidence of a psychological etiology for… … Wikipedia
dementia praecox — noun any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact • Syn: ↑schizophrenia, ↑schizophrenic disorder, ↑schizophrenic psychosis • Derivationally… … Useful english dictionary
