Interpreting signs in psychosis: A semiotic approach to self-management and treatment Maxwell Guttman Mental Health Affairs (United States) maxwellguttman@gmail.com Copyright. 20172023. Psychreg Journal of Psychology An open access initiative by Psychreg Ltd ISSN: 2515-138X This critical praxis-based study of psychosis aims to offer people additional tools to self-manage their condition. One of the conceptual tools to be considered involves the use of signs in semiotics and languageA The concept of signs has been around for a long time. For instance, classic philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle studied these terms. The terms are now associated with semiotics, which is derived from the Greek root seme. Saussure, as well as certain American philosophers, made use of these terms in historical, rhetorical, and communicative contexts. Saussure created the terms signifier and signified to analyse the composition of a sign and made a departure from traditional approaches to language studies; at the level of language, the concepts of signs and the signified are central to understanding and interpreting the world. In the context of mental health, theorists and researchers conjecture and surmise what psychosis is, while often overlooking the significant commonalities between individuals extreme statesA Researchers must shift the focus to effective treatments, be it psychotherapy or some other modality. There are observable signs of change in the disease process, which tends to move towards a higher degree of chaos and instability. Measuring distress tolerance to such changes is also necessary for the research to add new meaning to understanding how everyones unique experience shares commonalities. Keywords: language; self-manage; semiotics; sign; psychosis