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The term "[[psychosis]] arose " is used in [[psychiatrypsychoanalysis]] in the nineteenth century as to describe a way of designating ''severe mental illness disorder'', more serious than [[neurosis]], characterized by disorganized thought processes, disorientation in generaltime and space, hallucinations, and delusions.

During [[Freud]]'s lifeParanoia, a basic distinction between [[psychosis]] and [[neurosis]] came to be generally acceptedmanic depression, megalomania, according to which [[psychosis]] designated extreme forms of mental illness and [[neurosis]] denoted less serious disordersschizophrenia are all psychoses.  This basic distinction between [[neurosis]] and [[psychosis]] was taken up and developed by [[Freud]] himself in several papers.<ref>Freud, 1924b and 1924e</ref>

[[Lacan]]'s interest in [[psychosis]] predates his nterest interest in [[psychoanalysis]]. Indeed it was his doctoral research, which concerned a psychotic woman whom [[Lacan]] calls [[Aimée]] that first led [[Lacan]] to [[psychoanalytic theory]].<ref>{{L}} p.1932.</ref> It is often remarked that [[Lacan]]'s debt to this [[patient]] is reminiscent of [[Freud]]'s debt to his first [[neurotic]] [[patient]]'s (who were also [[female]]). In other words, whereas [[Freud]]'s first approach to the [[unconscious]] sis by way of [[neurosis]], [[Lacan]]'s tortured and at times almsot incomprehensible style of writing and speaking to the [[discourse]] of [[psychotic]] [[patient]]s. Whatever one makes of such comparisons, it is clear that [[Lacan]]'s discussions of [[psychosis]] are among the most significant and original aspects of his work.---