Understanding ‘Psychosis’
Understanding ‘Psychosis’
Issue 01 – April 2008
Author: Philip Houghton (philip.houghton@nottshc.nhs.uk)
Key points
- The “illness” model of ‘psychosis’ is just one amongst many ways of understanding ‘psychosis’
- Social, economic, cultural, historical and psychological factors all influence the development and maintenance of psychotic experiences