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"[[Psychosis]]" is a term first used in '''[[psychiatry|clinical psychiatry]]''' to refer to '''mental illness''' ''in general''.
However, [[Freud]] theorizes a basic distinction between "'''[[neurosis]]'''" and "[[psychosis]]", according to which "[[psychosis]]" denotes a ''serioussevere'' type form of '''mental illness''' and "'''[[neurosis]]'''" denotes a ''less serious'' type of '''mental illness'severe''form.
[[Freud]] argues that both '''[[neurosis]]''' and [[psychosis]] originate in a conflict between the [[ego]] and other agencies of the [[psyche]].
[[Freud]] devoted relatively little attention to [[psychosis]], mainly because his theory of [[psychoanalysis]] was developed primarily with reference to [[neurosis]].
[[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]].
