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The 42 pages that link to Psychosis, each with the reason it gives.

• DeliriumCompared with: Psychosis can include hallucinations, but delirium is defined by acute inattention and altered awareness.

• DissociationCompared with: Derealization can feel strange, but usually differs from psychosis in reality testing.

• DepersonalizationCompared with: In depersonalization, the sense of unreality is usually recognized as a feeling rather than accepted as literal fact.

• DerealizationCompared with: Derealization usually involves awareness that the world only feels unreal, unlike psychosis-related loss of reality testing.

• Intrusive thoughtCompared with: An unwanted thought recognized as one’s own thought differs from a hallucination or delusion.

• HypomaniaCompared with: Psychotic features indicate mania rather than hypomania in standard diagnostic criteria.

• Schizoid personality disorderCompared with: Schizoid personality disorder does not inherently involve psychosis, despite the similar names.

• Imaginary friendCompared with: Imaginary companions alone do not establish psychosis; distress, impairment, and other symptoms alter the clinical picture.

• Amok syndromeCompared with: Psychosis may accompany violent behavior, but it is not required by the traditional description of amok.

• Ganser syndromeCompared with: Confusion and unusual statements in Ganser syndrome can resemble psychosis but do not establish it.

• Phantom vibration syndromeCompared with: An occasional phantom alert alone does not establish psychosis.

• Self-transcendence (personality trait)Compared with: Spiritual experiences and unusual beliefs require distinction from symptoms involving impaired reality testing.