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psychotics (a person suffering from a psychosis. NOED. a person suffering from severe mental illness. In informal English psychotic is sometimes used to describe anyone suffering from a mental illness, but in correct medical usage it only describes people who have difficulty relating to external reality. It contrasts with neurotic which describes people who are less seriously mentally ill and are still able to distinguish what is real from what is not. OALD. someone who is dangerous or violent because they have a serious mental illness. MED Alexander Demidov); mentally disturbed people (Alexander Demidov) |
