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Secondary Psychosis Spectrum Disorder

Yuri Mochiuzki

preprint DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/sb6ar_v1 (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics Theoretical or philosophical paper
Key points Argues that depression and atypical psychosis can be reconstructed through a symptomatic framework, yielding "self-infringement psychosis" and "bewildered-state psychosis," and proposes a "secondary psychosis spectrum disorder" in which stress reactions and depression form a common foundation arising secondarily along an "introversion spectrum." The author contends the concept is nascent and requires further research.

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Numerous clinical issues exist regarding the diagnostic criteria in psychiatry. To address these issues, this paper reconstructs depression and atypical psychosis through a symptomatic framework. From depression, self-infringement psychosis is derived, emphasizing its psychotic symptoms. From atypical psychosis, bewildered-state psychosis is derived, elucidating its characteristic pathology. Furthermore, this paper proposes a comprehensive concept of secondary psychosis spectrum disorder, demonstrating that stress reactions and depression serve as a common foundation for these disorders. Their basis transitions from minimal introversion through normal state to maximal introversion along fluctuations in introversion, i.e., introversion spectrum, and these disorders arise secondarily from this spectrum. Nevertheless, given that this concept is still in its nascent stages, further research in this area is expected to yield significant advancements in psychiatry.

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