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True psychosis usually involves severe symptoms such as delusions and/or paranoia. The common belief that anyone who goes crazy or is aggressive must be psychotic is not strictly correct in medical terminology. Psychotic disorders focus mainly on the symptoms where the person is detached from reality, and the main such symptoms are delusions and paranoia. ...more »
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A person who is psychotic is out of touch with reality. People with psychosis may hear "voices" or have strange and illogical ideas (for example, thinking that others can hear their thoughts, or are trying to harm them, or that they are the President of the United States or some other famous person). They may get excited or angry for no apparent reason, or spend a lot of time by themselves, or in bed, sleeping during the day and staying awake at night. The person may neglect appearance, not bathing or changing clothes, and may be hard to talk to--barely talking or saying things that make no sense. They often are initially unaware that their condition is an illness. (Source: excerpt from Medications: NIMH)
Any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted - (Source - WordNet 2.1)
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