psychopathology: psychosis
This term encompasses those serious mental disorders, including schizophrenia, major depression, alcohol withdrawal delirium, and others where the individual "loses touch with reality." Hallucinations and delusions are generally considered psychotic symptoms. The individual experiencing them may be described as psychotic.
Also: neurosis, "no!", paranoia, paranoid, psychotic break, psychoses
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- Altered States
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VHS William Hurt 1980 The film is notable for the effort to depict
psychedelic
hallucinations resulting from drugs
and sensory deprivation.
Chayefsky, Paddy Altered States: A Novel (Hardcover - May 1978) - A Beautiful Mind (Widescreen Awards Edition) DVD | DVD widescreen | VHS (2002) Russell Crowe, Christopher Plummer