English noun: disorganized schizophrenia | |||
1. | disorganized schizophrenia (state) 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 | ||
Synonyms | disorganized type schizophrenia, hebephrenia, hebephrenic schizophrenia | ||
Broader (hypernym) | dementia praecox, schizophrenia, schizophrenic disorder, schizophrenic psychosis | ||