NOUN | state | disorganized type schizophrenia, hebephrenia, hebephrenic schizophrenia, disorganized schizophrenia | a form of schizophrenia characterized by severe disintegration of personality including erratic speech and childish mannerisms and bizarre behavior |
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Meaning | A form of schizophrenia characterized by severe disintegration of personality including erratic speech and childish mannerisms and bizarre behavior; usually becomes evident during puberty; the most common diagnostic category in mental institutions. | |
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Synonyms | hebephrenia, hebephrenic schizophrenia, disorganized schizophrenia | |
Broader | schizophrenia, schizophrenic disorder, schizophrenic psychosis, dementia praecox | Any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact |
Spanish | hebefrenia | |
Catalan | hebefrenia, hebefrènia |
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