psychosis
abnormal condition of the mind that involves hallucinations and delusions and is a symptom of any of various disorders or other causes
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Summary
psychosis is a psychosis[1]. psychosis draws 21,873 Wikipedia views per month (psychosis category, ranking #4 of 1).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: occurrent[3]
- Subclass of: clinical sign[4], health problem[5]
- Part of: mental disorder[6]
- Commons category: Psychosis[7]
- Has cause: schizophrenia[8], bipolar disorder[9], major depressive disorder[10], traumatic experience[11], stress[12], drug misuse[13], medication[14], physical condition[15], sleep deprivation[16], alcohol abuse[17], dementia[18], schizoaffective disorder[19]
- Topic's main category: Category:Psychosis[20]
- Possible treatment: psychotherapy[21]
- Described at URL: https://www.nami.org/About-Mental-Illness/Mental-Health-Conditions/Psychosis[22]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24], Otto's encyclopedia[25]
- Has effect: delusion[26], hallucination[27], thought disorder[28]
- Different from: psychotic disorder[29], psychopathy[30]
- Health specialty: psychiatry[31], clinical psychology[32]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: olanzapine[33], pimavanserin[34], quetiapine[35], diazepam[36], haloperidol[37], aripiprazole[38], risperidone[39], brexpiprazole[40], asenapine[41], paliperidone[42], ziprasidone[43], lurasidone[44], clozapine[45], clospirazine hydrochloride[46]
- Studied by: psychiatry[47], psychology[48]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[49], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[50]
- Social media followers: 49,826[51]
Why It Matters
psychosis has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] psychosis is known by 71 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]