psychoses
Breaks from reality
Psychoses is the plural of psychosis, a mental state involving a break from reality.
Someone experiencing psychosis may have hallucinations, delusions, or severely disordered thinking.
The term covers conditions like schizophrenia and certain episodes of bipolar disorder: The patient presented with multiple psychoses over the course of treatment.
Unlike neuroses, psychoses typically impair a person's grasp of what is real.
Psychotic disorder with delusions
- schizoaffectiveCombined psychotic and mood condition
- bipolarHaving two opposite poles
- catatoniaPsychiatric movement disorder
- delusional disorderPsychiatric condition featuring persistent false beliefs
Perceptions without external cause
- delusionsFirmly held false beliefs
- paranoiaIrrational persecution fears
- disorganizationAbsence of systematic arrangement
- catatoniaPsychiatric movement disorder
thought disorder · word salad · flat affect · anhedonia · disorientation · agitation · grandiosity · persecution
Sounds producing speech
- visionsImagined or prophetic sights
- reality distortionAltering perceived truth
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
- disconnectionState of being severed
fragmentation · unreality · derealization · depersonalization · terror · confusion · isolation · stigma
Interrupt continuity
- decompensationFailure of compensatory mechanisms
- relapseReturn to former illness
- crisisDecisive dangerous moment
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
episode · onset · remission · prodrome · exacerbation · destabilization · recurrence · flare-up
Antipsychotic for refractory schizophrenia
- haloperidolDopamine-blocking psychiatric medication
- chlorpromazinePhenothiazine antipsychotic drug
- hospitalizationFormal entry into medical care
- inpatientAdmitted overnight patient
psychiatric · therapy · medication · electroconvulsive · rehabilitation · intervention · compliance · maintenance
schizophrenia
Psychotic disorder with delusions
- schizoaffectiveCombined psychotic and mood condition
- bipolarHaving two opposite poles
- catatoniaPsychiatric movement disorder
delusional disorder · manic-depression · paranoid schizophrenia
hallucinations
Perceptions without external cause
- delusionsFirmly held false beliefs
- paranoiaIrrational persecution fears
- disorganizationAbsence of systematic arrangement
catatonia · thought disorder · word salad · flat affect · anhedonia · disorientation · agitation · grandiosity · persecution · magical thinking
voices
Sounds producing speech
- visionsImagined or prophetic sights
- reality distortionAltering perceived truth
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
disconnection · fragmentation · unreality · derealization · depersonalization · terror · confusion · isolation · stigma · insight
break
Interrupt continuity
- decompensationFailure of compensatory mechanisms
- relapseReturn to former illness
- crisisDecisive dangerous moment
deterioration · episode · onset · remission · prodrome · exacerbation · destabilization · recurrence · flare-up · acute phase
clozapine
Antipsychotic for refractory schizophrenia
- haloperidolDopamine-blocking psychiatric medication
- chlorpromazinePhenothiazine antipsychotic drug
- hospitalizationFormal entry into medical care
inpatient · psychiatric · therapy · medication · electroconvulsive · rehabilitation · intervention · compliance · maintenance · titration
psychosessanity
Mental soundness
mental health · mental wellness · psychological health · lucidity · normality
psychoseslucidity
Clearness of mind
groundedness · rationality · reason · rational thinking · sound mind
- postpartum psychosisPsychiatric emergency after childbirth
- drug-induced psychosisMental break from substances