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micropsychosis

micropsychosis

n. psychotic episodes of very brief duration (minutes to hours) that occur during times of stress. Micropsychoses have been observed primarily in borderline personality disorder and pseudoneurotic schizophrenia, although the latter is no longer a valid diagnostic entity.

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