| posttraumatic psychosis | Psychosis following trauma, especially to the head. Compare: traumatic psychosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| schizo-affective psychosis | Psychotic disturbance in which there is a mixture of schizophrenic and manic-depressive symptoms. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudo psychosis | A condition resembling psychosis; may be a factitious or malingering disorder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| puerperal psychosis | <obstetrics, psychiatry> An acute mental disorder with depression in the mother following childbirth. Synonym: puerperal psychosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| senile psychosis | Mental disturbance occurring in old age and related to degenerative cerebral processes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| situational psychosis | A transitory but severe emotional disorder caused in a predisposed person by a seemingly unbearable situation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hysterical psychosis | A psychotic disturbance with predominantly hysterical symptoms, a mental disorder resembling conversion hysteria but of psychotic severity, a brief reactive psychosis, often culture bound. (05 Mar 2000) |
| depressive psychosis | A major disorder of mood in which biologic factors are believed to play a prominent role. See: depression. (05 Mar 2000) |
| drug psychosis | Psychosis following or precipitated by ingestion of a drug, e.g., LSD. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ICU psychosis | Psychotic episode(s), classically occurring in coronary care patients, occurring within 24 hours after entering the ICU in individuals with no previous history of psychosis; related to sleep deprivation, overstimulation in the ICU, and time spent on life support systems, and should be distinguished from exacerbation of a pre-existing psychosis or an organic psychosis such as delirium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dysmnesic psychosis | <syndrome> May occur as a sequel to chronic alcohol abuse. Features include personality changes, confabulation, psychosis, disorientation, polyneuritis, insomnia and hallucinations. (27 Sep 1997) |
| infection-exhaustion psychosis | A psychosis following an acute infection, shock, or chronic intoxication; begins as delirium followed by pronounced mental confusion with hallucinations and unsystematised delusions, and sometimes stupor. Synonym: febrile psychosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| involutional psychosis | An obsolete term for mental disturbance occurring during the menopause or later life. (05 Mar 2000) |
| toxic psychosis | A psychosis caused by some toxic substance, whether endogenous or exogenous. (05 Mar 2000) |
| traumatic psychosis | A psychosis resulting from physical injury or emotional shock. Compare: posttraumatic psychosis. (05 Mar 2000) |