psychosis
A psychological disorder which is severe enough to disrupt a
person's everyday life and require institutional treatment. Apart from
organic causes like BRAIN DAMAGE it has been thought by many
psychologists that a psychosis is a severe form of NEUROSIS . More
recently there has been a tendency to regard biochemical factors as
being important in at least some forms of psychosis. It is characterised
by a lack of contact with (other people's) reality.
person's everyday life and require institutional treatment. Apart from
organic causes like BRAIN DAMAGE it has been thought by many
psychologists that a psychosis is a severe form of NEUROSIS . More
recently there has been a tendency to regard biochemical factors as
being important in at least some forms of psychosis. It is characterised
by a lack of contact with (other people's) reality.