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What does psychosis mean?

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Noun
  1. (psychology) A severe mental disorder, sometimes with physical damage to the brain, marked by a deranged personality and a distorted view of reality.
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Only intermittently do you see a hint of the psychosis you know must be a part of his makeup.
Episodes of psychosis recurring each autumn sounds like an extreme version of seasonal affective disorder.
Steroid psychosis can cause anxiety, agitation, euphoria, insomnia, mood swings, personality changes and even serious depression.
It's called post-partum psychosis, but in actual effect, there's no difference in the schizophrenia spectrum.
In consequence, the author counsels vigorous treatment for psychosis and prophylaxis for those at risk of it.
Of these, around 200 will suffer from severe post-natal depression or the even more serious puerperal psychosis.

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