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 | ||
Synonyms | paranoic type schizophrenia, paranoid schizophrenia, paraphrenic schizophrenia | ||
Broader (hypernym) | dementia praecox, schizophrenia, schizophrenic disorder, schizophrenic psychosis | ||