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
Type | Words |
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Synonyms | disorganized schizophrenia, disorganized type schizophrenia, hebephrenic schizophrenia |
Type of | dementia praecox, schizophrenia, schizophrenic disorder, schizophrenic psychosis |
Derivation | hebephrenic |
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