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paraphrenia
paraphrenia (ˌpærəˈfriːnɪə) n (Psychiatry) a type of severe paranoid schizophreniaThesaurus| Noun | 1. | paraphrenia - a form of schizophrenia characterized by delusions (of persecution or grandeur or jealousy); symptoms may include anger and anxiety and aloofness and doubts about gender identity; unlike other types of schizophrenia the patients are usually presentable and (if delusions are not acted on) may function in an apparently normal mannerparanoic type schizophrenia, paranoid schizophrenia, paraphrenic schizophreniadementia praecox, schizophrenia, schizophrenic disorder, schizophrenic psychosis - any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact |
Paraphrenia
Paraphrenia a mental disorder manifested by systematized delusions of grandeur and persecution, hallucinations, and sensations of powerful external influences. It usually develops in adulthood and has a chronic, long-term course that leads to terminal dementia. Paraphrenia is regarded in modern psychiatry as one of the syndromes of schizophrenia and certain other mental diseases. paraphrenia
paraphrenia A well-organized system of paranoid delusions affecting elderly people. The personality is relatively unaffected and there is little in the way of mood disorder. Hallucinations may or may not be present. Many psychiatrists, notably in the USA, make no distinction between paraphrenia and late-onset paranoid SCHIZOPHRENIA.paraphrenia
Synonyms for paraphrenianoun a form of schizophrenia characterized by delusions (of persecution or grandeur or jealousy)Synonyms- paranoic type schizophrenia
- paranoid schizophrenia
- paraphrenic schizophrenia
Related Words- dementia praecox
- schizophrenia
- schizophrenic disorder
- schizophrenic psychosis
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