How We Define Psychosis Matters |
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Psychosis is the experience of finding reality confusing or unclear.
Psychosis exists on a spectrum.
We have all had some experiences that are akin to psychosis.
I have had both the responsibility and the privilege of giving many people and their loved ones the diagnosis of psychosis.
Technically, psychosis is not a stand-alone diagnosis; it's actually a syndrome, a collection of symptoms that does not make any assumptions about causation or prognosis. This is in contrast to a diagnosis like schizophrenia, which allegedly makes assumptions about causation and prognosis—but which really just means ongoing psychosis without any other known cause.
When I say that delivering the diagnosis is a privilege, it’s because I get to offer people—at a........