Ordinary Psychosis

  In this article, we’re going to talk about ordinary psychosis. It’s a concept that doesn’t appear in the DSM V or ICD  but is frequently used in psychoanalytic practice. The distinction between psychosis and neurosis is well known. The process of psychoanalysis has also helped identify certain intermediate categories. The most well-known is the borderline structure of personality. These intermediate categories are far more interesting at the clinical level. That’s because they use a dimensional and less structural model to explain human behavior. Ordinary psychosis was defined by Jacques-Alain Miller. He pointed out that when there are no obvious…