Psychosis Isn't One Thing: The 5 Domains Explained
Daniel wrote in with four questions about psychosis, and they turned out to be one question wearing four coats. The DSM-5-TR defines psychotic disorders by five domains — delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thinking, abnormal motor behavior, and negative symptoms — but the colloquial version collapses all of them into hallucinations. Meanwhile, a systematic review of 788 studies on "serious mental illness" found 85% never defined the term, and the share of a single community sample that qualified ranged from 4% to 88% depending on the rubric. Eating disorders have the highest mortality…
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