dementia praecox meaning

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dementia praecox (noun): any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact.

Definition of dementia praecox

  1. any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact

    Synonyms: schizophrenia, schizophrenic disorder, schizophrenic psychosis

    Type of: psychosis

    Kinds: borderline schizophrenia, catatonic schizophrenia, hebephrenia, paranoid schizophrenia, acute schizophrenic episode

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