Psychotic break
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A psychotic break is a (layman) term used to describe the first time that a person experiences an episode of primary psychosis.
Psychiatrists may informally use the term "psychotic break" in hindsight to describe the first episode of psychosis in a patient who has been diagnosed with the chronic condition of schizophrenia.