Showing posts with label psychosis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label psychosis. Show all posts

Wednesday, 24 June 2009

Unraveling The Secrets to Psychosis through Psychoanalysis

Unraveling The Secrets of Psychosis through Psychoanalysis:

“Psychosis is a symptom of mental illness characterized by a radical change in personality and a distorted or diminished sense of objective reality.

Patients suffering from psychosis are unable to distinguish the real from the unreal. They experience hallucinations and/or delusions that they believe are real, and they typically behave in an inappropriate and confused manner.”

Source: Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders.

Videos are taken from “The Australian Psychoanalytical Society” and are by Neville Symington

“These videos explains how communication with psychotic patients can be a healing process and also goes onto explain the benefits of psychoanalysis.”