Neurosis
Personality-
Doesn’t affect personality
Contact with Reality-
In this the contact with reality is partial.
Hallucination and Delusion-
Hallucination and delusion are not the main symptoms.
Behavior
Low risk of self-harm
Treatment
The treatment consists of moral and social support, medicines can also be prescribed.
Insight may be present or absent.
No disorganized speech present
Organic Changes-
It is a mental disorder without organic reason.
Awareness-
The person with neurosis is aware of personal problems and difficulties.
Language and Communication-
In this, there is no effect on language, communication, and thought processes.
Neurosis is characterized by symptoms such as sadness, anxiety, depression, anger, and irritability.
Factors such as biological, pedagogical, socioeconomic, and psychological cause neurosis.
Examples of neurosis disorders are post-traumatic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, depression, and somatoform disorder.
Psychosis
Affects personality
In this contact with reality is totally lost or changed.
Hallucination and delusion are the main symptoms.
Higher risk of self-harm
The treatment consists of antipsychotic medicines, psychological therapy, social support.
Insight is absent
Disorganized speech present.
It changes the anatomical structure and functionalities of the neuro-cerebral substance.
The person with psychosis does not realize the disorder.
In this, the thought and speech processes are disorganized and irrational.
Psychosis is characterized by symptoms such as hallucinations, faulty judgments, and delusions.
Environmental, genetic, and biochemical factors lead to psychosis.
Examples of psychosis disorders are delusional disorders and schizophrenia, paranoid personality disorders
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