psychoneurotic

1. A reference to a functional disorder of mental origin.

2. Anyone suffering from a psychoneurosis.
Emotional maladaptations resulting from unresolved mental
conflicts

Psychoneurosis is the emotional maladaptation due to
unresolved unconscious conflicts. This leads to
disturbances in thought, feelings, attitudes, and
behavior. There is little, if any, loss of contact with
reality, but the patient's effectiveness in performing his
or her usual responsibilities is handicapped.
Psychoneurosis is a major category in mental illness and is
classified according to the symptoms that predominate. The
patient usually recognizes that the altered thoughts and
feelings are abnormal and indeed unwelcome. This is in
contrast to the patient with a psychosis or character disorder.
Anxiety reaction psychoneurosis: anxiety with apprehension
out of proportion to any obvious external cause.
Conversion reaction psychoneurosis: psychoneurosis in which
unacceptable unconscious impulses are converted into
hysterical somatic symptoms. Although the symptoms have a
specific symbolic meaning to the patient, their interpretation is
different in each individual.
Depressive reaction psychoneurosis: psychoneurosis marked by
Psychotic depression, also known as depressive
psychosis, refers to a major depressive episode that is
accompanied by psychotic symptoms.
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It can occur in the
context of bipolar disorder or major depressive
disorder.
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It can be difficult to distinguish
from schizoaffective disorder; that disorder requires the
presence of psychotic symptoms for at least two weeks
without any mood symptoms present.
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Diagnosis using
the DSM-IV involves meeting the criteria for a major
depressive episode, along with the criteria for the
"psychotic features" specifier.
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Contents
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1 Symptoms
2 Cause
3 Differential diagnosis
4 Pathophysiology
5 Treatment
6 Research
7 Prognosis
8 References
Symptoms[edit]
Individuals with psychotic depression experience the
symptoms of a major depressive episode, along with one
or more psychotic symptoms,
including delusions and/or hallucinations.
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Delusions can
be classified as mood congruent or incongruent,
depending on whether or not the nature of the delusions is
in keeping with the individual's mood state.
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Common
themes of mood congruent delusions include guilt,
punishment, personal inadequacy, or disease.
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Half of
patients experience more than one kind of
delusion.
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Delusions occur without hallucinations in about
one-half to two-thirds of patients with psychotic
depression.
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Hallucinations can be auditory, visual,
olfactory (smell), or haptic (touch).
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Severe anhedonia,
loss of interest, and psychomotor retardation are typically
present.
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Cause[edit]
Psychotic symptoms tend to develop after an individual
has already had several episodes of depression without
psychosis.
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However, once psychotic symptoms have
emerged, they tend to reappear with each future
depressive episode.
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Theprognosis for psychotic
depression is not considered to be as poor as for
schizoaffective disorders or primary psychotic
disorders.
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Dissociated reaction psychoneurosis: psychoneurosis
characterized by dissociated behavior; such as, amnesia, fugue,
sleepwalking, and dream states. It is important to differentiate
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any of a variety of situations, persons, or objects.