Neurosis and psychosis can be compared as well as contrasted in ways of severity, treatment, and effects on the patient. Psychosis can be described as, any severe mental disorder characterized by symptoms, such as delusions or hallucinations that indicate impaired contact with reality. Neurosis is defined as, any mild functional disorder in which feelings of anxiety, thoughts of obsession, compulsive acts, and physical complaints without objective evidence of disease, in various degrees and patterns, dominate the personality. Neurosis was used to contrast psychosis until recently by denoting "mild"ÃÂ mental disorders, which do not significantly interfere with the ability to function normally. Psychosis requires more severe treatment as opposed to the less serious effects of neurosis. Effects on patients seem to vary according to the severity of the sickness. Neurosis and psychosis can be compared as well as contrasted in ways of severity, treatment, and effects on the patient.
Neurosis has been used for years as a term for mild forms of psychosis.
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English: PET scan of a human brain with Alzheimer'...More recently, neurosis is used for cases of mental disorders where patients complain of anxiety, obsessional thoughts, compulsive acts and physical complaints, which ultimately dominate the personality. Psychosis is a broad category encompassing serious emotional disturbances, more often than not rendering the individual incapable of staying in contact with reality. Neurosis relates more towards anxiety related illness, which consist mainly of phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorders, and hysteria. Anxiety disorders are fairly common and generally involve a feeling of apprehension with no obvious immediate cause. Severe mental disorders such as paranoia and manic-depression fall under the category of psychosis. Seriousness of the illness is indeed a factor in the comparison of neurosis and psychosis.
Treatment for the mental diseases varies extremely. Neurosis requires lighter treatment such as counseling or medication. Anxiety disorders caused by neurosis usually need to be isolated...