psychosis
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psychosis
A severe mental disorder in which those affected lose touch with reality. Symptoms can include hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized thinking.
Nach dem traumatischen Erlebnis entwickelte er eine akute Psychose und musste in einer Klinik behandelt werden.
After the traumatic experience, he developed an acute psychosis and had to be treated in a clinic.
The word ends in '-ose', a typical ending for names of diseases in medicine, as in 'Neurose' (neurosis) or 'Arthrose' (osteoarthritis). The word stem 'Psych-' comes from Greek and means 'soul' or 'mind'.
Die Diagnose lautete auf eine schwere Psychose.
The diagnosis was a severe psychosis.
'Psychose' (psychosis) is a technical term from psychiatry and psychology. It is rarely used in everyday conversation unless someone is talking about a specific medical diagnosis.
In der Vorlesung ging es um die Behandlung von Psychosen.
The lecture was about the treatment of psychoses.
Common verbs used in connection with 'Psychose' (psychosis) are 'eine Psychose entwickeln' (to develop a psychosis), 'an einer Psychose leiden' (to suffer from a psychosis), or 'eine Psychose behandeln' (to treat a psychosis). Adjectives are often 'akut' (acute) or 'chronisch' (chronic).
Er leidet seit mehreren Jahren an einer chronischen Psychose.
He has been suffering from a chronic psychosis for several years.
delusion / craze
'der Wahn' and 'die Psychose' both belong to the area of mental illness. 'Wahn' means a fixed false belief that a person does not give up, even though it does not fit reality. 'Psychose', on the other hand, is the severe mental disorder as a whole, in which someone may lose touch with reality. A delusion can therefore be a symptom of psychosis. Learners may confuse the words because both have to do with a loss of reality. In practice: 'Wahn' describes more a specific belief, while 'Psychose' describes the broader illness.
Nach der Diagnose einer Psychose bekommt sie regelmäßige Hilfe von einer Ärztin.
After being diagnosed with psychosis, she receives regular help from a doctor.
Der Patient lebt in dem Wahn, dass alle Nachbarn ihn beobachten.
The patient lives with the delusion that all the neighbors are watching him.