psychotic

psychotisch

Mit einer Erkrankung verbunden, die falsche Überzeugungen oder das Hören oder Sehen nicht vorhandener Dinge verursachen kann.

In einfachem Englisch: Connected with an illness that can cause false beliefs or hearing or seeing things that are not there.

• The doctor checked for psychotic symptoms.
• He experienced a brief psychotic episode.
• Some forms of depression have psychotic features.

Häufige Wendungen: psychotic symptoms, psychotic disorder, psychotic episode

psychotisch

Von einer psychischen Erkrankung betroffen, die es erschwert, Wirklichkeit von nicht realen Erlebnissen zu unterscheiden.

In einfachem Englisch: Experiencing a mental illness that makes it difficult to tell what is real.

• The patient became psychotic during the illness.
• She was psychotic and believed strangers could read her thoughts.
• He received treatment after becoming psychotic.

Häufige Wendungen: psychotic patient, become psychotic, psychotic episode

Psychotiker

Person mit einer psychischen Erkrankung, die es erschwert zu erkennen, was wirklich ist.

In einfachem Englisch: A person with a mental illness that makes it difficult to know what is real.

• The old report described the patient as a psychotic.
• The textbook discussed treatment for psychotics.
• The doctor objected to calling someone a psychotic.

Häufige Wendungen: a diagnosed psychotic, treat a psychotic