schizophrenia

Definition von schizophrenia im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: A psychiatric diagnosis denoting a persistent, often chronic, mental illness variously affecting behavior, thinking, and emotion; Any condition in which disparate or mutually exclusive activities coexist; a severe disorder characterized by bizarre behavior, loss of reality contact, distortions of thinking and abnormal perceptions Separation Anxiety Disorder an Anxiety Disorder characterized by an infant's or child's fear and apprehension on being removed from the parent or parent figure; —A group of mental disorders characterized by abnormal thoughts, moods, and actions; sufferers have a distorted sense of reality and thoughts that do not logically fit together; The most common type of psychosis, characterized by extensive withdrawal of the individual's interest from other people and the outside world and the investment of it in his/her own self; A class of disorders involving severe distortions of realityschizophrenia (124 0K); The name given to a range of conditions in which the person appears to present two personalities The precise definition and the causes of schizophrenia are the subject of international debate among experts; Schizophrenia is a serious mental illness. People who suffer from it are unable to relate their thoughts and feelings to what is happening around them and often withdraw from society. a serious mental illness in which someone's thoughts and feelings are not based on what is really happening around them (schizophrenie, from schizo- (from schizein; SCHISM) + phren ). Any of a group of severe mental disorders that have in common symptoms such as hallucinations, delusions, blunted emotions, disorganized thinking, and withdrawal from reality. Four main types are recognized: the paranoid, characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeur combined with unrealistic, illogical thinking and frequent auditory hallucinations; the disorganized (hebephrenic), characterized by disordered speech and behaviour and shallow or inappropriate emotional responses; the catatonic, characterized by motor inflexibility, stupor, or stereotyped movements along with mutism, echolalia, or other speech abnormalities; and the undifferentiated, a nonspecific type. Schizophrenia seems to occur in 0.5-1% of the general population. There is strong evidence that genetic inheritance plays a role, but no single cause has been identified. Stressful life experiences may help trigger its onset. Treatment consists of drug therapy and counseling. About one-third of all patients make a full recovery, one-third have recurring episodes, and one-third deteriorate into a chronic condition; A severe emotional disorder of psychotic depth characteristically marked by a retreat from reality with delusion formation, hallucinations, emotional disharmony, and regressive behavior; A severe psychological disorder characterized by strange, false beliefs and distorted perceptions (pp 90,556); any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact; A mental disorder or heterogeneous group of disorders (the schizophrenias or schizophrenic disorders) comprising most major psychotic disorders and characterized by disturbances in form and content of thought (loosening of associations, delusions and hallucinations) mood (blunted, flattened or inappropriate affect), sense of self and relationship to the external world (loss of ego boundaries, dereistic thinking and autistic withdrawal) and behavior (bizarre, apparently purposeless and stereotyped activity or inactivity); A psychotic disorder or disorders marked by some or all of these symptoms: delusions, hallucinations, disorganized and incoherent speech, severe emotional abnormalities, and withdrawal into an inner world; A large family of nervous system disorders characterized by disturbances of thought, delusions, inappropriate affect or antisocial behavior; {i} (Psychology) severe psychotic disorder characterized by psychosis (also characterized by agitation, catatonia, confusion, hallucinations, unusual behavior and extensive withdrawal); insulting term for a condition characterized by conflicting behavior or attitudes; term used in an informal manner to indicate a split personality (Slang); A mental disorder that causes a separation between the thought processes and the emotions Consumers may experience confusion of reality with hallucinations and/or delusions and may become paranoid A change in personality with bizarre behavior may occur
disorganized schizophrenia: A form of schizophrenia marked by disorganized behavior and speech aswell as inappropriate emotional responses or affect
paranoid schizophrenia: A form of schizophrenia that is accompanied by delusions, either of persecution, grandeur or jealousy
schizophrenia.: schizo-
schizophrenic: Afflicted with schizophrenia; having difficulty with perception of reality
schizophrenic: Behaving as if one has more than one personality
schizophrenic: A person suffering from schizophrenia
Paranoid schizophrenia: (Psikoloji, Ruhbilim) Schizophrenia characterized especially by persecutory or grandiose delusions or hallucinations or by delusional jealousy
Schizophrenic: schizo
borderline schizophrenia: schizophrenia characterized by mild symptoms or by some preexisting tendency to schizophrenia
catatonic schizophrenia: a form of schizophrenia characterized by a tendency to remain in a fixed stuporous state for long periods; the catatonia may give way to short periods of extreme excitement
paranoid schizophrenia: mental illness that combines schizophrenia with paranoia
paranoid schizophrenia: 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
schizophrenic: of or relating to or characteristic of schizophrenia
schizophrenic: A schizophrenic is a person who is suffering from schizophrenia. He was diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic. Schizophrenic is also an adjective. a schizophrenic patient. schizophrenic tendencies
schizophrenic: {s} (Psychology) suffering from schizophrenia (severe psychotic disorder)
schizophrenic: {i} (Psychology) one who suffers from schizophrenia (severe psychotic disorder)
schizophrenic: suffering from some form of schizophrenia; "schizophrenic patients"
schizophrenic: Of or pertaining to schizophrenia
schizophrenic: suffering from a form of schizophrenia characterized by foolish mannerisms and senseless laughter along with delusions and regressive behavior
schizophrenic: someone who is afflicted with schizophrenia
schizophrenic: someone who is afflicted with schizophrenia suffering from some form of schizophrenia; "schizophrenic patients
schizophrenic: Someone's attitude or behaviour can be described as schizophrenic when they seem to have very different opinions or purposes at different times. the schizophrenic mood of the American public. someone who has schizophrenia

schizophrenia

Silbentrennung

schiz·o·phre·ni·a

Türkische aussprache

skîtsıfriniı

Synonyme

dementia praecox, schizophrenic disorder, schizophrenic psychosis

Aussprache

/ˌskətsəˈfrēnēə/ /ˌskɪtsəˈfriːniːə/

Etymologie

() First attested 1910, from germanized Greek Schizophrenie "split mind", coined by Eugen Bleuler, from schizo-, from Ancient Greek σχίζω (skhizō, “I tear, split, cut”) + φρήν (phrēn, “mind, brain, diaphragm”).

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