Talk:Psychotic break

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http://www.mhsanctuary.com/therapist/439.htm defines "psychotic break" as: "dissociation" is generally considered a "psychotic break". In other words, a person is so overwhelmed by either internal or external turmoil that what we generally think of their "ego" just plain collapses.

This corresponds with my understanding of the definition of a psychotic break and is in sharp contrast with the current state of the page.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22psychotic+break

A few of the Google search entries talk of a first psychotic break. If as the article currently reads a psychotic break is "the first time that a person experiences an episode of primary psychosis." the first psychotic break would be the last, as all subsequent psychotic breaks would be the second, third, etc... Hackwrench 05:46, 8 January 2007 (UTC)