Concept information
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law and courts
law and society
psychology and law
forensic assessment in civil and criminal cases
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psychology
abnormal psychology
mental disorders
schizophrenia and disorders with psychotic features
Preferred term
psychotic disorders
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]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/psychotic_disorders
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