Paranoid/ depressive psychosis

Psychosis

Psychosis
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. Some professionals say that the term psychosis is not sufficient as some illnesses grouped under the term "psychosis" have nothing in common (Gelder, Mayou & Geddes 2005)...

Paranoid/ depressive psychosis - List of case studies

Chromosome 22 micro-deletion syndrome

where the following diagnosis was given: sychotic paranoid/depressive type with catatonic-like displays . Neuropsychological ...

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