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Even in my first analysis of a depressive psychosis, I was immediately struck by its structural similarity with obsessional neurosis.
Karl Abraham

Meaning of "psychosis" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PSYCHOSIS

New Latin, from psycho- + -osis.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PSYCHOSIS

psychosis  [saɪˈkəʊsɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PSYCHOSIS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Psychosis is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PSYCHOSIS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Psychosis

Psychosis refers to an abnormal condition of the mind, and is a generic psychiatric term for a mental state often described as involving a "loss of contact with reality". People suffering from psychosis are described as psychotic. Psychosis is a diagnosis of exclusion. That is, a new-onset episode of psychosis is not considered a symptom of a psychiatric disorder until other relevant and known causes of psychosis are properly excluded. Medical and biological laboratory tests should exclude central nervous system diseases and injuries, diseases and injuries of other organs, psychoactive substances, toxins, and prescribed medications as causes of symptoms of psychosis before any psychiatric illness can be diagnosed. In medical training, psychosis as a sign of illness is often compared to fever since both can have multiple causes that are not readily apparent. The term "psychosis" is very broad and can mean anything from relatively normal aberrant experiences through to the complex and catatonic expressions of schizophrenia and bipolar type 1 disorder.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PSYCHOSIS


actinomycosis
ˌæktɪnəʊmaɪˈkəʊsɪs
anthracosis
ˌænθrəˈkəʊsɪs
blastomycosis
ˌblæstəʊmaɪˈkəʊsɪs
coccidioidomycosis
kɒkˌsɪdɪˌɔɪdəʊmaɪˈkəʊsɪs
cryptococcosis
ˌkrɪptəʊkɒˈkəʊsɪs
cysticercosis
ˌsɪstɪsɜːˈkəʊsɪs
echinococcosis
ɪˌkaɪnəkəˈkəʊsɪs
leukosis
luːˈkəʊsɪs
metempsychosis
ˌmɛtəmsaɪˈkəʊsɪs
mycosis
maɪˈkəʊsɪs
mycotoxicosis
ˌmaɪkəʊˌtɒksɪˈkəʊsɪs
narcosis
nɑːˈkəʊsɪs
psittacosis
ˌsɪtəˈkəʊsɪs
silicosis
ˌsɪlɪˈkəʊsɪs
sporotrichosis
ˌspɔːrəʊtrɪˈkəʊsɪs
sycosis
saɪˈkəʊsɪs
syssarcosis
ˌsɪsɑːˈkəʊsɪs
thyrotoxicosis
ˌθaɪrəʊˌtɒksɪˈkəʊsɪs
toxicosis
ˌtɒksɪˈkəʊsɪs
varicosis
ˌværɪˈkəʊsɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PSYCHOSIS

psychophysiological
psychophysiologist
psychophysiology
psychopomp
psychoprophylaxis
psychoses
psychosexual
psychosexuality
psychosexually
psychosocial
psychosocially
psychosociological
psychosociology
psychosomatic
psychosomimetic
psychosurgeon
psychosurgery
psychosurgical
psychosyntheses
psychosynthesis

WORDS THAT END LIKE PSYCHOSIS

affective psychosis
alphosis
anamorphosis
anthropomorphosis
cirrhosis
diagnosis
diorthosis
epanorthosis
gomphosis
homomorphosis
Korsakoff´s psychosis
kyphosis
metamorphosis
morphosis
organic psychosis
ornithosis
orthosis
paedomorphosis
puerperal psychosis
theriomorphosis
whosis

Synonyms and antonyms of psychosis in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «psychosis» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PSYCHOSIS

Find out the translation of psychosis to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of psychosis from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «psychosis» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

精神错乱
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

psicosis
570 millions of speakers

English

psychosis
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मनोविकृति
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الذهان
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

психоз
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

psicose
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মনোব্যাধি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

psychose
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Psikosis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Psychose
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

精神病
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

정신병
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Psikosis
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bịnh tinh thần
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மனநோய்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मानसिक आजार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

psikoz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

psicosi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

psychoza
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

психоз
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

psihoză
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ψύχωση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

psigose
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

psykos
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

psykose
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of psychosis

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PSYCHOSIS»

The term «psychosis» is quite widely used and occupies the 36.854 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PSYCHOSIS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about psychosis

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10 QUOTES WITH «PSYCHOSIS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word psychosis.
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Karl Abraham
When the depressive psychosis has become manifest, its cardinal feature seems to be a mental inhibition which renders a rapport between the patient and the external world more difficult.
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Karl Abraham
Even in my first analysis of a depressive psychosis, I was immediately struck by its structural similarity with obsessional neurosis.
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Brendan Behan
Other people have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis.
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Dan Chaon
I have to admit that 'Psychology Today' was one of the first magazines I started reading, back when I was 13 or 14, because I was the kind of kid that was curious about the mysterious human mind - I hoped to learn about telekenisis, multiple personalities, psychosis, and various other cool and terrible things that happened inside people's heads.
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Brad Holland
Postmodernists believe that truth is myth, and myth, truth. This equation has its roots in pop psychology. The same people also believe that emotions are a form of reality. There used to be another name for this state of mind. It used to be called psychosis.
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Thomas R. Insel
We need to ask whether, in the long term, some individuals with a history of psychosis may do better off medication.
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Douglas MacArthur
Our country is now geared to an arms economy bred in an artificially induced psychosis of war hysteria and an incessant propaganda of fear.
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Douglas MacArthur
It is part of the general pattern of misguided policy that our country is now geared to an arms economy which was bred in an artificially induced psychosis of war hysteria and nurtured upon an incessant propaganda of fear.
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Elyn Saks
My experience is that when one is in psychosis, you're on a mission and nothing is going to stop you. At some level your brain is telling you you probably shouldn't be doing this, but you're on a mission.
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Jane Smiley
If American literature has a few heroes, Miller is one of them. He refused to name names at the McCarthy hearings, and his play 'The Crucible' analysed the hearings in the context of a previous American mass psychosis, the Salem witch trials.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PSYCHOSIS»

Discover the use of psychosis in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to psychosis and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Madness Explained: Psychosis and Human Nature
In this ground breaking and controversial work Richard Bentall shatters the myths that surround madness. He shows there is no reassuring dividing line between mental health and mental illness.
Richard P Bentall, 2003
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Psychosis: Understanding and Treatment
Bringing together a number of pioneering thinkers and workers in the field of psychosis, this book attempts to provide an interrogation of 'official theories' surrounding schizophrenia and to examine the range of ways in which psychosis can ...
Jane Ellwood, 1995
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The Protest Psychosis: How Schizophrenia Became a Black Disease
The Protest Psychosis provides a cautionary tale of how anxieties about race continue to impact doctor-patient interactions, even during our current, seemingly post-race era of genetics, pharmacokinetics, and brain scans.
Jonathan Metzl, 2011
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Understanding Postpartum Psychosis: A Temporary Madness
Threaded with in-depth stories from women who experienced postpartum psychosis - including one who committed infanticide - this unique and absorbing work offers psychological, medical, legal, and historical perspectives on this potentially ...
Teresa M. Twomey, 2009
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Insight and Psychosis
The authors describe how their own orientations and work have contributed to illuminating the questions regarding the nature of insight in psychosis, while remaining mindful of the overarching goal of this book: to bring together in a ...
Xavier Francisco Amador, Anthony S. David, 1998
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American Psychosis: How the Federal Government Destroyed the ...
E. Fuller Torrey's book provides an insider's perspective on the birth of the federal mental health program.
E. Fuller Torrey, 2013
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The Diagnosis of Psychosis
Particularly relevant for psychiatrists and trainees in psychiatry, this volume will also assist neurologists and general physicians who encounter psychosis in their practice.
Rudolf N. Cardinal, Edward T. Bullmore, 2011
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Vulnerability to Psychosis: A Psychoanalytic Study of the ...
In this book, De Masi addresses the human vulnerability to psychosis, but the modest title of his book belies the depth of its investigations and conclusions.
Franco De Masi, 2009
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Drama, Psychotherapy and Psychosis: Dramatherapy and ...
Illustrated by case histories and examples of practice, this book provides a description and analysis of voice hearing.
John Witham Casson, 2004
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Society and Psychosis
This book reviews these issues from an international perspective, laying the foundations for a new understanding of the psychotic disorders, with profound implications for health policy and clinical practice.
Craig Morgan, Kwame McKenzie, Paul Fearon, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PSYCHOSIS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term psychosis is used in the context of the following news items.
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Smoking Could Lead To Schizophrenia And Psychosis
Furthermore, it was found that 57 percent of those diagnosed with psychosis were already smoking even at the onset of their psychotic encounter. «Science Times, Jul 15»
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Smoking tobacco might increase risk of schizophrenia, say …
Cannabis is known to cause psychosis and schizophrenia. The authors of the analysis say are certain there is a modest effect caused by tobacco alone. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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Ninja Theory's Hellblade Explores Psychosis and Mental Illness
The game, which is supported by the Wellcome Trust, sees players assuming the role of Senua, a Celtic warrior who is suffering from psychosis after a Viking ... «Crave Online, Jun 15»
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Pot can pose psychosis risk for teens with developing brains …
Yet pot is still widely perceived by young smokers as relatively harmless, said Dr. Romina Mizrahi, director of the Focus on Youth Psychosis Prevention clinic ... «CTV News, Jun 15»
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B.C. dad who killed three kids while suffering psychosis gets outings
VANCOUVER – A British Columbia father who killed his three children while suffering psychosis will be allowed escorted outings, a decision the mother of the ... «MetroNews Canada, May 15»
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Pot Can Trigger Psychotic Symptoms For Some, But Do The Effects …
She says it could still be the other way around – that psychosis makes people want to smoke pot rather than the pot making people psychotic. "People who have ... «NPR, Mar 15»
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Attorney: Mom accused of stabbing child had postpartum psychosis
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas – The attorney for a 23-year-old woman accused of stabbing her 4-year-old son says his client has had postpartum psychosis. «KHOU, Mar 15»
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'Skunk' linked to increased risk of psychosis
Psychosis is a term used to describe symptoms of mental illness, such as hallucinations and delusions. These symptoms often occur alongside mental health ... «Medical News Today, Feb 15»
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'Skunk-like cannabis' increases risk of psychosis, study suggests
Smoking potent cannabis was linked to 24% of new psychosis cases analysed in a study by King's College London. The research suggests the risk of psychosis ... «BBC News, Feb 15»
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You Probably Won't Catch 'Twitter Psychosis' Because It Isn't Really …
Yesterday The Daily Dot reported on a recent case study published in The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease with the captivating headline "Twitter ... «New York Magazine, Aug 14»

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