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What is the mental illness neurosis vspsychosis?
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MENTAL ILLNESS: Neurosis is not a mental illness. It is like a bad habit or abnormal behavior. Psychosis is a mental illness that progressed from a mild one to a severe mental problem like schizophrenia. It is still controlled by medications.
Answered 6/30/2012
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See Below: In a nutshell, psychosis involves the loss of contact with reality (delusions, hallucinations), while neurosis does involve a degree of stress, but no delusions, or hallucinations.
Answered 6/6/2014
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