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=====Mental Illness=====
"[[Psychosis]]" is a term originally used in '''[[psychiatry|clinical psychiatry]]''' to refer to '''mental illness''''' in general''.
"[[Psychosis]]" is used to describe any ''severe'' form of '''mental illness''. [[Neurosis]], on the other hand, denotes a ''less serious'' type of '''mental illness'''. =====NeurosisEgo=====[[Freud]] argues that both '''[[neurosis]]''' and [[psychosis]] originate in a conflict between the [[ego]] and other agencies of the [[psyche]].
"[[Psychosis]]" arises from a disturbance in the [[ego]]'s relationship with the [[moebius strip|external world]], [[neurosis]] from a conflict between the [[ego]] and the [[id]].
"[[Psychosis]]" is used to describe any ''severe'' form of '''mental illness'' characterized by symptoms, such as delusions or hallucinations, that indicate impaired contact with reality.
"[[Psychosis]]" is used to describe any ''severe'' form of '''mental illness'', in which the [[ego]] withdraws from some part or aspect of the [[pleasure principle|real world]].
[[Freud]] devoted relatively little attention to [[psychosis]], mainly because his theory of [[psychoanalysis]] was developed primarily with reference to [[neurosis]].
=====Jacques Lacan=====
[[Lacan]], in contrast, began his career by working with [[psychosis|psychotics]] in [[Sainte-Anne_hospital|psychiatric hospitals]] before he became a [[psychoanalysis|psychoanalyst]]''', and elaborates a more specific theory of the origins of [[psychosis]].
[[Lacan]]'s interest in [[psychosis]] predates his interest in [[psychoanalysis]].