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Personality or Psychosis, a Complex Binomial

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The clinical case in this chapter is commonly encountered at the clinic of any psychiatrist. The available nosological systems and the reality of clinical work are often incompatible or, at the very least, do not appear to adjust to the reality of any clinician who works with patients, as it is with our case. This clinical case is another example of the complexities of the term psychosis, further, of the intertwined tapestry constituted by personality and psychosis. Perhaps, as has been proposed by some psychiatrists and psychologists, it is time to abandon the category psychosis in search for another one more in tune with our clinical realities.

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Rodriguez-Otero, F., del Pino Medina-Dorta, T., Codana-Alcántara, K., Cabrera-Abreu, C., Acosta-Ojeda, M., Hernández-Fleta, J.L. (2023). Personality or Psychosis, a Complex Binomial. In: Díaz-Garrido, J.A., Zúñiga, R., Laffite, H., Morris, E. (eds) Psychological Interventions for Psychosis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27003-1_24

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