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psychosis /psy·cho·sis/ (si-ko´sis) pl. psycho´ses any major mental disorder of organic or emotional origin marked by derangement of personality and loss of contact with reality, with delusions and hallucinations and often with incoherent speech, disorganized and agitated behavior, or illusions. Cf. neurosis. alcoholic psychoses those associated with excessive use of alcohol and involving organic brain damage. bipolar psychosis see under disorder. brief reactive psychosis an episode of brief psychotic disorder that is a reaction to a recognizable, distressing life event. Korsakoff's psychosis see under syndrome. senile psychosis depressive or paranoid delusions or hallucinations or other mental disorders associated with degeneration of the brain in old age, as in senile dementia. symbiotic psychosis , symbiotic infantile psychosis a condition seen in two- to four-year-old children having an abnormal relationship to the mothering figure, characterized by intense separation anxiety, severe regression, giving up of useful speech, and autism. toxic psychosis one due to the ingestion of toxic agents or to the presence of toxins within the body. brief reactive psychosis, a short episode, usually less than 2 weeks, of psychotic behavior that occurs in response to a significant psychosocial stressor. brief reactive psychosis Psychiatry A psychotic episode that lasts from hrs to 1 wk; BRP is evoked by ↑ stress–eg, death of loved one Clinical Delusions, hallucinations, disordered thinking, impaired speech, bizarre social
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| Schizophrenia or schizo-affective disorder, delusional disorders, acute psychosis or mania with psychotic mood, brief reactive psychosis, atypical psychosis, Tourette's syndrome, schizophreniform disorder, Huntington's chlorea, short-term need of symptomatic treatment of nausea, vomiting, hiccups or itching, or dementia associated with psychotic or violent features that represent a danger to the patient or others. |
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