psychosis
psychosis
Definition
psy·cho·sis (sī kō′sis)
noun pl. -·ses′-sēz′
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 (characterized by lack of apparent organic cause, and principally of the schizophrenic, paranoid, or bipolar type), and b) organic (characterized by a pathological organic condition such as brain damage or disease, metabolic disorders, etc.)
psychosis
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- induce: From the tragic increase in farming suicides to those with drug induced psychosis.
- trigger: The age at which cannabis is first smoked ( or ingested ) is the crucial factor in subsequent psychosis triggered by the drug.
- develop: About 20 % of patients will go on to develop a chronic psychosis over time.
- treat: This book brings together a number of international writers who are concerned with understanding and treating psychoses.
- experience: The average time it takes for a young person experiencing psychosis to receive help is 18 months.
- cause: The debate centers on the view of some academics that cannabis use causes psychosis among black people.
Adjective modifier
- puerperal: We haven't come across any more detailed information about puerperal psychosis which is aimed at the lay reader.
- schizophrenia-like: Both a family history of epilepsy and a family history of psychosis were also significant risk factors for schizophrenia and schizophrenia-like psychosis.
- post-ictal: Obviously, crucial to the prevention of post-ictal psychosis is better control of the seizures.
- drug-induced: He showed signs of being in a drug-induced psychosis at the time.
- paranoid: They may end up in a state of mind similar to paranoid psychosis, believing that others are plotting against them.
- postnatal: Very rarely a mother with postnatal psychosis may harm her child.
Modifies a noun
- patient: I am currently investigating the diagnostic specificity of NSS in 320 first episode psychosis patients.
- team: She works with the Trust's recently set up early intervention and psychosis team which helps people experiencing episodes of psychosis.
- study: Aggressive behavior at first contact with services: findings from the ÆSOP First Episode Psychosis Study.
- service: Funding agreed for development of Early Intervention in Psychosis service across Wirral.
Noun used with modifier
psychosis Quotes
Other people have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis.
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