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Paraphrenia

Paraphrenia Meaning & Definition
Paraphrenia Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Paraphrenia?

[n] 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 | Synonyms for Paraphrenia: paranoic type schizophrenia | paranoid schizophrenia | paraphrenic schizophrenia

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See Also | dementia praecox | schizophrenia | schizophrenic disorder | schizophrenic psychosis

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