functional psychosis


functional psy·cho·sis

an obsolete term once used to denote schizophrenia and other severe mental disorders before modern science discovered a biological component to some aspects of each of the disorders.

func·tion·al psy·cho·sis

(fungkshŭn-ăl sī-kōsis) Mental disorder that does not have a verifiable physical cause.

functional psychosis

A psychosis in which there is no apparent pathology of the central nervous system.See also: psychosis