What is a "psychotic personality"?I saw a psychologist using the term and I've been looking everywhere for it but I can't understand what it means...I'm quite familiar with the personality disorders but I've never heard about this one.
2007-08-11 06:39:04 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Mental Health
There's no such psychiatric diagnosis as "psychotic personality".
In layman's terms, psychotic means way to much to be meaningful to figure out how it applies to a mental health problem. In psychiatric terms, psychotic mean having psychosis - delusions and hallucinations. It is not a personality trait. It is a neurological problem.
I'd either get that psychologist to pin down exactly what is meant in a way you can research, or I'd dump him/her and see a more competent one if s/he can't. Also, if delusions (which includes unrealistic paranoia) is in fact the problem, you need to see a psychiatrist.
Btw, people with psychosis are almost never violent. The term does not imply violence. Mentally ill people with this type of neurological problem are rarely violent. They are by far more often the victims of abuse and violence.
2007-08-11 07:15:14 · answer #1 · answered by Alex62 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm very familiar with DSM IV TR, which is the book that provides the commonly accepted definitions of psychological conditions. There is no such thing as a "psychotic personality" as a clinical term. The psychologist must have been using this term in an ideosyncratic way. Or didn't know what he/she was talking about.
2007-08-11 07:52:58 · answer #2 · answered by Pat D 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-10 00:23:43 · answer #3 · answered by Erika 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are many types of psychosis so the term can cover many forms of personality disorders see http://www.athealth.com/Consumer/disorders/Psychotic.html
These disorders include the sort of person who posts on Y!A claiming someone has killed their whole family and they are hiding in the closet.
Then again she has already stated she is psychotic in her answer to this.
2007-08-11 06:48:20 · answer #4 · answered by Weatherman 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As well as severe post traumatic stress disorder and severe clinical depression I have psychosis. Someone who is psychotic is defined as someone out of touch with reality. For me, my psychosis means that I hallucinate by seeing and hearing things that aren't there. I am on chlorpromazine and olanzapine (antipsychotic prescription drugs) which are really helping me.
2007-08-11 07:41:24 · answer #5 · answered by Filmore 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He just means a person who shows psychotic traits. That can range the whole gamut from hallucinations to self-abuse to violent acts.
2007-08-11 06:49:16 · answer #6 · answered by mommanuke 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
In a word, my wife.
2007-08-11 10:56:35 · answer #7 · answered by Spade, Sam Spade 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
me
2007-08-11 06:45:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 6⤋