2026-04-13 14:11 UTC
@iris@neuromatch.social I look after someone with a serious mental illness and therefore often deal with psychosis. That is why I make a clear distinction between genuine psychosis as part of mental illness - and colloquial usage, psychopathy definitions, or mass hysteria in cults.
This distinction is important in order to protect genuinely ill people from society’s prejudices. Particularly for acute psychosis we have quite effective treatment methods, if the health care system works well.
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@iris@neuromatch.social 2026-04-13 15:58
@NatureMC@mastodon.online @pluralistic@mamot.fr Thank you for this -- it is a very important distinction and I didn't realize this was a misapplication of the term.