symptoms and disorders relevant to forensic assessment
criminal competencies
schizophrenia and disorders with psychotic features
substance-induced psychoses
forensic assessment in civil and criminal cases
criminal responsibility
concepts
psychotic disorders
The term psychosis was first used in the medical literature by Ernest von Feuchtersleben in his textbook Principles of Medical Psychology (1847). Originally, the concept was defined broadly to include any impairment of the higher mental functions. [Source: Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law; Psychotic Disorders]