Where: Greek
Why borrowed: There is a trend in English to use Greek words in psychology.
Plural form: psychoses
Why: To form the plural of Greek words ending in -sis,change to -ses.
Same word use for more than one, just preceded by multiple.
Sigmund Freud viewed psychosis as a defense mechanism against overwhelming inner conflict. He suggested that individuals with psychosis may have unresolved childhood traumas or unresolved unconscious conflicts, leading to a detachment from reality. Freud believed that psychoanalytic therapy could help individuals with psychosis by exploring and resolving these underlying conflicts.
Neurosis involves distortion of personality and mood, psychosis is distortion of reality. Persons feeling psychosis are almost definitely also suffering from neurosis, but not the other way around.
Mania is mental illness marked by periods of great excitement, euphoria, delusions, and overactivity. Psychosis is more serious, being a severe mental disorder in which thought and emotions are so impaired that contact is lost with external reality.
Psyche comes from Greek, meaning "soul" or "mind." Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior, while psychosis refers to a mental disorder characterized by a disconnection from reality.
The singular of the word is psychosis (a mental illness) and the plural is psychoses.
"In his psychosis, he believed that he was a reincarnated Roman emperor." "Doctors who treat psychosis try to gain the trust of the patient."
Same word use for more than one, just preceded by multiple.
psychosis? paranoid? paraphrenia?
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Psychosis is a word used for a number of mental conditions. The simplest description is that it means a person has lost touch with reality. They have a difficult time telling what is real and what isn't.
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