psychotic
Lost in delusions
Psychotic describes a mental state involving a break from reality—hallucinations, delusions, or severely disordered thinking.
The clinical term applies to conditions like schizophrenia or episodes triggered by drugs or trauma.
Informally, psychotic gets thrown around loosely to mean crazy or unhinged: My psychotic ex keyed my car.
A psychotic is a person experiencing psychosis.
Mentally unhinged
- insaneSeverely mentally disturbed
- unhingedMentally or emotionally unstable
- derangedMentally disturbed, irrational
- madUnhinged or enraged
lunatic · mental · disturbed · unstable · out of touch · lost it · snapped · cracked
Perceptions without external cause
- delusionsFirmly held false beliefs
- paranoiaIrrational persecution fears
- catatoniaPsychiatric movement disorder
- flat affectDiminished emotional expressiveness
anhedonia · asociality · incoherence · thought disorder · word salad · derailment · tangentiality · perseveration
Psychotic disorder with delusions
- schizoaffectiveCombined psychotic and mood condition
- delusional disorderPsychiatric condition featuring persistent false beliefs
Serialized content unit
- breakInterrupt continuity
- prodromeWarning symptoms before disease
- onsetStarting point of something
- relapseReturn to former illness
remission · prognosis · insight · reality testing · psychiatric evaluation · differential diagnosis · comorbidity · neurotransmitter
Unreasonably suspicious of others
- persecutoryRelating to cruel harassment
- grandiosePretentiously impressive in scale
- referentialPertaining to indication
- jealousResentful of others' advantages
Drugs treating severe mental disorders
- clozapineAntipsychotic for refractory schizophrenia
- haloperidolDopamine-blocking psychiatric medication
- chlorpromazinePhenothiazine antipsychotic drug
- hospitalizationFormal entry into medical care
involuntary commitment · psychiatric ward · electroconvulsive therapy · therapeutic dose · side effects
crazy
Mentally unhinged
- insaneSeverely mentally disturbed
- unhingedMentally or emotionally unstable
- derangedMentally disturbed, irrational
mad · lunatic · mental · disturbed · unstable · out of touch · lost it · snapped · cracked · bonkers
hallucinations
Perceptions without external cause
- delusionsFirmly held false beliefs
- paranoiaIrrational persecution fears
- catatoniaPsychiatric movement disorder
flat affect · anhedonia · asociality · incoherence · thought disorder · word salad · derailment · tangentiality · perseveration · echolalia
schizophrenia
Psychotic disorder with delusions
- schizoaffectiveCombined psychotic and mood condition
- delusional disorderPsychiatric condition featuring persistent false beliefs
episode
Serialized content unit
relapse · remission · prognosis · insight · reality testing · psychiatric evaluation · differential diagnosis · comorbidity · neurotransmitter · chronic
paranoid
Unreasonably suspicious of others
- persecutoryRelating to cruel harassment
- grandiosePretentiously impressive in scale
- referentialPertaining to indication
jealous · somatic · nihilistic · conspiracy · mind control
antipsychotics
Drugs treating severe mental disorders
- clozapineAntipsychotic for refractory schizophrenia
- haloperidolDopamine-blocking psychiatric medication
- chlorpromazinePhenothiazine antipsychotic drug
hospitalization · involuntary commitment · psychiatric ward · electroconvulsive therapy · therapeutic dose · side effects
- mental healthpsychiatry, psychotherapy, mental illness, therapist, therapists
- insanityinsane, crazy, mad, lunatic, insanity
- madnessmadness, lunacy, insanity, mania, schizophrenia
- mental statesknowledge, conscious, mood, anxious, memory
- conditionsmedical condition, weather conditions, environmental conditions, living conditions, working conditions
- personality typespersonality type, extrovert, MBTI, introversion, pessimist
psychoticsane
Mentally healthy, clearheaded
nonpsychotic · healthy · sound · stable · well-adjusted
psychoticlucid
Mentally sharp and comprehensible
rational · clear-headed · reasonable · clear · coherent
psychoticstable
Secure and unchanging
well-adjusted · even-keeled · predictable · composed · self-controlled
- psychotic episodesIntervals of lost reality