dementia praecox
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of dementia praecox
First recorded in 1895–1900; from New Latin: “precocious dementia”
Example Sentences
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Aged 57, this man was diagnosed dementia praecox, paranoid, onset “more than 10 years ago.”
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 27, 2015
Their collection contains brain, heart, liver and spleen tissues from about 1,400 autopsies, 95 of which are labeled "dementia praecox," an antiquated diagnosis similar to schizophrenia.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 9, 2012
Lobotomy is used chiefly for serious mental diseases: schizophrenia and other forms of dementia praecox, compulsive neuroses, chronic, long-standing depression or agitation.
From Time Magazine Archive
That was in 1915, and only three years later, at Boston Psychopathic Hospital, the young Dr. Menninger found that "dementia praecox" had already gone out of fashion; the new label was "schizophrenia."
From Time Magazine Archive
There are cases of dementia praecox that only time can differentiate.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
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