Definitions for psychosis
saɪˈkoʊ sɪspsy·chosis

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1. psychosisnoun

   any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted

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1. psychosisnoun

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

2. Etymology: From or from ψύχωσις.

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1. Psychosis

   Psychosis is a condition of the mind that results in difficulties determining what is real and what is not real. Symptoms may include delusions and hallucinations, among other features. Additional symptoms are incoherent speech and behavior that is inappropriate for a given situation. There may also be sleep problems, social withdrawal, lack of motivation, and difficulties carrying out daily activities. Psychosis can have serious adverse outcomes.As with many psychiatric phenomena, psychosis has several different causes. These include mental illness, such as schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, sensory deprivation and in rare cases, major depression (psychotic depression). Other causes include: trauma, sleep deprivation, some medical conditions, certain medications, and drugs such as cannabis, hallucinogens, and stimulants. One type, known as postpartum psychosis, can occur after giving birth. The neurotransmitter dopamine is believed to play an important role. Acute psychosis is considered primary if it results from a psychiatric condition and secondary if it is caused by a medical condition or drugs. The diagnosis of a mental health condition requires excluding other potential causes. Testing may be done to check for central nervous system diseases, toxins, or other health problems as a cause.Treatment may include antipsychotic medication, psychotherapy, and social support. Early treatment appears to improve outcomes. Medications appear to have a moderate effect. Outcomes depend on the underlying cause. In the United States about 3% of people develop psychosis at some point in their lives. The condition has been described since at least the 4th century BC by Hippocrates and possibly as early as 1500 BC in the Egyptian Ebers Papyrus.

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1. psychosis

   Psychosis is a mental health disorder characterized by an impaired relationship with reality. It is a symptom of serious mental disorders where individuals may experience delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized thought or speech. People with psychosis may also exhibit changes in personality and behavior, difficulty functioning in daily life, and a detachment from reality. The exact cause of psychosis is unknown, but it can be triggered by certain medical conditions, substance misuse, trauma, or mental health conditions like schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.

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1. Psychosisnoun

   any vital action or activity

2. Psychosisnoun

   a disease of the mind; especially, a functional mental disorder, that is, one unattended with evident organic changes

3. Etymology: [NL. See Psycho-.]

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1. Psychosis

   Psychosis refers to an 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 the term given to the more severe forms of psychiatric disorder, during which hallucinations and/or delusions, violence and impaired insight may occur. The term "psychosis" is very broad and can mean anything from relatively normal aberrant experiences through to the complex and catatonic expressions of schizophrenia and bipolar type 1 disorder. Moreover a wide variety of central nervous system diseases, from both external substances and internal physiologic illness, can produce symptoms of psychosis. This led many professionals to say that psychosis is not specific enough as a diagnostic term. Despite this, the term "psychosis" is generally given to noticeable deficits in normal behavior and more commonly to diverse types of hallucinations or delusional beliefs. Someone exhibiting very obvious signs may be described as "frankly psychotic", whereas one exhibiting very subtle signs could be classified in the category of an "attenuated psychotic risk syndrome".

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of psychosis in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of psychosis in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of psychosis in a Sentence

1. Pope Francis:

   I believe that you can not reject people who arrive. You have to receive them, help them, look after them, accompany them and then see where to put them, but throughout all of Europe, some governments are working on it, and people have to be settled in the best possible way, but creating psychosis is not the cure.

2. Scott Krakower:

   It's a different kind of psychosis than we might see with other patients. The psychosis is an agitated psychosis, they're violent. They can become aggressive. It is very scary, if you've ever seen these kids on it.

3. Lopez Obrador:

   Let there not be psychosis, let there not be fear.

4. Robin Murray:

   Fifteen years ago, nobody thought that cannabis thought increased the risk of psychosis, but now the evidence is pretty clear.

5. Tom Freeman:

   The evidence linking cannabis potency to addiction and psychosis was very clear.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=psychosis
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Psychosis
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychosis
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/psychosis
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=psychosis