symptoms and disorders relevant to forensic assessment
type: Concept
narrower: psychotic disorders

criminal competencies
type: Concept
narrower: psychotic disorders

schizophrenia and disorders with psychotic features
type: Concept
narrower: psychotic disorders

substance-induced psychoses
type: Concept
broader: psychotic disorders

forensic assessment in civil and criminal cases
type: Concept
narrower: psychotic disorders

criminal responsibility
type: Concept
narrower: psychotic disorders

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: psychotic disorders

psychotic disorders
type: Concept
broader: schizophrenia and disorders with psychotic features
broader: symptoms and disorders relevant to forensic assessment
broader: criminal responsibility
broader: forensic assessment in civil and criminal cases
broader: criminal competencies
narrower: substance-induced psychoses
definition: 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]