Synonyms of paraphrenia

Noun


1. paranoid schizophrenia, paranoic type schizophrenia, paraphrenic schizophrenia, paraphrenia, schizophrenia, schizophrenic disorder, schizophrenic psychosis, dementia praecox

usage: 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 manner

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