paraphrenic schizophrenia
Noun: A subtype of schizophrenia characterized primarily by prominent delusions, often of persecution, grandeur, or jealousy. Key symptoms can include anger, anxiety, social aloofness, and confusion regarding gender identity. A distinguishing feature is that individuals with this condition often maintain a relatively preserved personality and can appear socially appropriate; they may function in a seemingly normal manner provided their delusional beliefs are not acted upon.
This is a clinical term used in psychiatric and psychological contexts to describe a specific diagnostic presentation. * The psychiatrist specialized in cases of paraphrenic schizophrenia, where patients often presented with complex delusional systems yet maintained coherent social interactions. * His diagnosis was updated to paraphrenic schizophrenia as his delusions of grandeur became more systematized without a significant decline in his ability to manage daily tasks.
- The term is historically significant but has become less common in contemporary diagnostic manuals like the DSM-5, where such presentations are typically classified under other schizophrenia spectrum disorders or delusional disorders.
- "Late paraphrenia" is a related term sometimes used to describe a similar delusional disorder with onset in late adulthood.
- Paraphrenia (n): An older term for a disorder characterized by systematic delusions without the pervasive personality disintegration seen in other forms of schizophrenia.
- Schizophrenia (n): The broader mental disorder characterized by disruptions in thought processes, perceptions, emotional responsiveness, and social interactions.
- Delusional schizophrenia (in historical contexts)
- Paranoid schizophrenia (Note: In modern classifications, "paranoid schizophrenia" was a related but distinct subtype, now also subsumed under broader categories. The terms are not perfectly interchangeable but share conceptual overlap.)
- Systematized delusions: A key feature of paraphrenic schizophrenia, where false beliefs are organized into a coherent, internally logical system.
- Preserved affect and personality: A clinical observation noting that emotional range and core personality features remain more intact compared to other schizophrenia subtypes.
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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
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