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Hebephrenia

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Noun

1. disorganized schizophrenia, disorganized type schizophrenia, hebephrenia, hebephrenic schizophrenia

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hebephrenia

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noun
a form of pubertal schizophrenia, characterized by hallucinations, delusions, foolish behaviour, and senseless laughter

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Hebephrenia

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noun
a form of schizophrenia characterized by childish or silly behavior, disorganized thinking, delusions, and hallucinations, usually beginning in adolescence

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Hebephrenia

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n.
A type of schizophrenia characterized by disorganized speech and behavior, flat or inappropriate affect, and sometimes silly or inappropriate mannerisms. Also called disorganized schizophrenia.

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