psychosis
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“We’re not talking about hallucinations—voices or visions. Psychosis is very broad and delusions occur on a spectrum,” said Girgis.
From Slate • Feb. 2, 2026
Psychosis can be a temporary episode or part of longer-term mental health conditions.
From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025
Even without a diagnosis of psychosis, Psychosis Spectrum Symptoms can severely affect youth.
From Science Daily • Jan. 30, 2024
Psychosis is a mental illness that involves lost contact with reality.
From Washington Times • May 4, 2023
Psychosis and the Fore-Brain.—Hippocrates wrote, “It is through the brain that we become mad, that delirium seizes us, that fears and terrors assail us.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
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