A psychiatric diagnosis denoting a persistent, often chronic, mental illness variously affecting behavior, thinking, and emotion
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