Antipsychotic drugs can help decrease or stop the psychotic symptoms and bizarre behavior.
In her sophomore year, she suffered a psychotic break and had to be hospitalized and to withdraw from college.
His elder brother suffered horribly and later became psychotic.
The drug elevates aggression levels and psychotic behavior, often generating fierce outbursts.
Two drugs that doctors have long used to treat malaria and certain psychotic illnesses may one day find a new use.
The theories run the gamut ranging from personality disorders to affective disorders to psychotic disorders.
Being a psychotic may not make you successful, but it helps.
Actions deemed odd, psychotic or even barbaric by one culture may be perfectly acceptable to another.
And those who go long enough without sleep are at risk of a psychotic break, complete with hallucinations.
The writer is using testosterone rather than synapses to do his thinking, and is displaying paranoid psychotic behaviour patterns.
British Dictionary definitions for psychotic
psychotic
/saɪˈkɒtɪk/
adjective
1.
of, relating to, or characterized by psychosis
noun
2.
a person experiencing psychosis
Derived Forms
psychotically, adverb
Usage note
It is preferable to talk about a person experiencing psychosis rather than a psychotic, which reduces a person's individuality
Word Origin and History for psychotic
adj.
1889, coined from psychosis, on the model of neurotic/neurosis, from Greek psykhe- "mind, soul" (see psyche).
n.
"a psychotic person," 1901, from psychotic (adj.).
psychotic in Medicine
psychotic psy·chot·ic (sī-kŏt'ĭk) adj. Of, relating to, or affected by psychosis. n. A person affected by psychosis.
psychotic in Science
psychosis
(sī-kō'sĭs) Pluralpsychoses (sī-kō'sēz) A mental state caused by psychiatric or organic illness, characterized by a loss of contact with reality and an inability to think rationally. A psychotic person often behaves inappropriately and is incapable of normal social functioning.