| disorganized 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
 • Syn:
 hebephrenia, hebephrenic schizophrenia, disorganized type schizophrenia
 • Derivationally related forms:
 hebephrenic (for: hebephrenia)
 • Hypernyms:
 schizophrenia, schizophrenic disorder, schizophrenic psychosis, dementia praecox
 
 
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