Definition of psychosis Psychosis

/sajkowˈsʌs/ - [saykowsus] - psy•cho•sis

We found 6 definitions of psychosis from 5 different sources.

What does psychosis mean?

Noun Plural: psychoses
psychosis - any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted
		mental disease, mental illness, psychopathy any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention
		delirium tremens, dts acute delirium caused by alcohol poisoning
		paranoia a psychological disorder characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeur

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psychosis (Noun)
A severe mental disorder, sometimes with physical damage to the brain, marked by a deranged personality and a distorted view of reality.

psychosis (n.)
Any vital action or activity.
psychosis (n.)
A disease of the mind; especially, a functional mental disorder, that is, one unattended with evident organic changes.

Psychosis is a medical name for a state of mind that can happen with several types of mental illness. People who have a psychotic episode are often described as 'losing touch with reality'. People with psychosis may have altered perception, thinking and emotions. They may see and feel things differently than normal people and have hallucinations. They may also have delusional beliefs or have paranoid thoughts and may behave differently from normal. Psychosis may affect speech and language so the person may seem to communicate in unusual ways. This is called thought disorder. They may also look distracted or find it difficult to focus.

Psychosis can affect people to differing degrees. Some people can continue with their lives while having unusual experiences while other people will need medical help.

About 1 percent of people suffer from psychosis during their lives.

Psychosis is most associated with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, drug addiction and brain damage but it can be caused by a wide range of conditions.