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English noun: paraphrenia

1. paraphrenia (state) 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


Synonymsparanoic type schizophrenia, paranoid schizophrenia, paraphrenic schizophrenia


Broader (hypernym)dementia praecox, schizophrenia, schizophrenic disorder, schizophrenic psychosis









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