Open AccessNeurosis Meets Psychosis: Case Series from a Tertiary Care Center in South India
Author(s) -
Saumil Dholakia,
Susmita Chandramouleeswaran,
Krishna Das Ranjit,
Yogendra Singh,
Deepa Braganza
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of psychological medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 0975-1564
pISSN - 0253-7176
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7176.162924
Subject(s) - neurosis , psychosis , psychiatry , tertiary care , etiology , psychology , center (category theory) , medicine , family medicine , chemistry , crystallography
The utility of the terms psychosis and neurosis in psychiatry have maintained their dichotomous stance since ages. Clinical observations and etiological hypothesis of psychiatric disorders have kept this polarity intact since the times of Freud and Jung. This case series attempts to revisit this perennial psychiatric controversy.