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Paraphrenia — is a particularly paranoid form of schizophrenia occurring in the elderly as opposed to adolescents. It is thought to be caused by abnormalities in the tau protein, which is also linked to some cases of Alzheimers disease.These abnormalities can… … Wikipedia
Paraphrenia — Karl Kahlbaum coined the term in his Classification of Psychiatric Diseases (Die Gruppirung der psychischen Krankheiten, 1863), to mean both hebephrenia in the young (see Schizophrenia: Emergence) and the dementia of the elderly; his idea was… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
paraphrenia — para·phre·nia frē nē ə n 1) the group of paranoid disorders 2) any of the paranoid disorders also SCHIZOPHRENIA * * * n. a mental disorder characterized by systematic delusion and prominent hallucination but without any other marked symptoms of… … Medical dictionary
paranoid — 1. Relating to or characterized by paranoia. 2. Having delusions of persecution. * * * para·noid par ə .nȯid also para·noi·dal .par ə nȯid əl adj 1) characterized by or resembling paranoia or paranoid schizophrenia 2) characterized by… … Medical dictionary
paranoid schizophrenia — noun 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… … Useful english dictionary
paraphrenia — n. the group of paranoid illnesses … Dictionary of difficult words
paraphrenia — noun 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… … Useful english dictionary
Paranoia — (See also Erotomania; Folie à Deux; French Chronic Delusional States; Psychosis: Emergence.) Paranoia means a fixed false belief formed via logical reasoning (making it distinct from schizophrenia); aside from his delusional system, the… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
Karl Leonhard — (born March 21, 1904 in Edelsfeld, Bavaria, Germany; died April 23, 1988 in East Berlin, GDR) was a German psychiatrist, who stood in the tradition of Carl Wernicke and Karl Kleist. He created a complex classification of psychotic illnesses… … Wikipedia
Wernicke–Kleist–Leonhard Pathway — (from 1900) The central theme in this pathway is classifying psychotic illness not on the basis of outcome, as Kraepelin did, but on the basis of hypothetical underlying neurological impairment or common family history. The pathway had the… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
Dementia — Dementia, in the sense of a temporary or permanent loss of brain function that could affect people of all ages, has always been familiar to physicians. The elderly in particular have often been implicated in global deficits in personality,… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
