Abstract
Psychosis is a core psychopathological concept with clinical, legal and ethical implications. DSM IV and ICD 10 define psychosis through the presence of certain symptoms, but fail to provide a description and analysis of the meaning of the concept. It is concluded that psychosis is a so-called primitive term, i.e. a term referring to a way of being of a-person-in-context that cannot be reduced to simpler elements and which, therefore, defies operationalization, but does not preclude acquisition of adequate clinical (inter-rater) reliability.
| Translated title of the contribution | [The concept of psychosis] |
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| Original language | Danish |
| Journal | Ugeskrift for læger |
| Volume | 170 |
| Issue number | 46 |
| Pages (from-to) | 3743-6 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| ISSN | 0041-5782 |
| Publication status | Published - 10 Nov 2008 |