All 6 Uses of
psychotic
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Girl Interrupted
- But Lisa was restricted to the ward, so she'd have to yell back something like: "Why do you want to eat that slop with all those psychotics?†
- Freud said psychotics were unanalyzable because they couldn't distinguish between fantasy and reality (tiger vs. bureau), and analysis works on precisely that distinction.†
- During periods of extreme stress, transient psychotic symptoms may occur, but they are generally of insufficient severity or duration to warrant an additional diagnosis.†
- Possible complications include Dys thymia depressive neurosis, Major Depression, Psychoactive Substance Abuse, and psychotic disorders such as Brief Reactive Psychosis.†
- Possible complications include Dys thymia depressive neurosis, Major Depression, Psychoactive Substance Abuse, and psychotic disorders such as Brief Reactive Psychosis.†
- It appears to be a way station between neurosis and psychosis: a fractured but not disassembled psyche.†
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Definition:
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(psychotic) related to psychosis or someone who suffers from a psychosis (any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted)