schizophrenia

[skit-suh-free-nee-uh, -freen-yuh]

noun

1. Formerly dementia praecox. Psychiatry.,  a spectrum of mental disorders characterized by emotional blunting, intellectual deterioration, social isolation, disorganized speech and behavior, delusions, hallucinations, or a combination of any of these symptoms.

2. Sometimes Offensive.,  a state characterized by the coexistence of contradictory or incompatible elements.

schizophrenia

/ ˌskɪtsəʊˈfriːnɪə /

noun

1. any of a group of psychotic disorders characterized by progressive deterioration of the personality, withdrawal from reality, hallucinations, delusions, social apathy, emotional instability, etc See catatonia hebephrenia paranoia

2. informal,  behaviour that appears to be motivated by contradictory or conflicting principles

schizophrenia

1. Any of a group of psychiatric disorders characterized by withdrawal from reality, illogical patterns of thinking, delusions, hallucinations, and psychotic behavior. Schizophrenia is associated with an imbalance of the neurotransmitter dopamine in the brain and may have an underlying genetic cause.

schizophrenia

1. A form of psychosis marked by a strong tendency to dissociate oneself from reality. Schizophrenia is often characterized by hallucinations, delusions, and inappropriate reactions to situations. The word schizophrenia is often used informally as well as scientifically to indicate a split personality.

Other Word Forms

• schizophrenic adjective
• nonschizophrenic adjective
• unschizophrenic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of schizophrenia¹

First recorded in 1910–15; schizo- + -phrenia

Word History and Origins

Origin of schizophrenia¹

C20: from _schizo- + Greek phrēn mind + _-ia

Example Sentences

"There is no motive or normal psychological explanation" for the attack, said presiding judge Karsten Krebs, adding that O. had acted during an "acute psychotic phase of schizophrenia".

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Someone living with schizophrenia — which the clinic says can be managed with medicine and therapy — can experience “a mix of hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized thinking and behavior” and can “lose touch with reality.”

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GRM3 has previously been connected to psychiatric disorders including schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

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Pasca and his Stanford Brain Organogenesis Program colleagues are now hoping to use their technique to make progress on a number of neuropsychiatric disorders, such as autism, epilepsy, and schizophrenia.

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"In this non-coding space, we know there are variants related to things like congenital heart disease, autism, and schizophrenia that are vastly unexplored, but these are certainly not the only diseases like this," Lindenhofer said.

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