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schizophrenia
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A devastating psychotic disorder that may involve characteristic disturbances in thinking (delusions), perception (hallucinations), speech, emotions, and behavior.
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catatonia
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A disorder of movement involving immobility or excited agitation.
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hebephrenia
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A silly and immature emotionality, a characteristic of some types of schizophrenia.
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paranoia
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People's irrational beliefs that they are especially important (delusions of grandeur) or that other people are seeking to do them harm.
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dementia praecox
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The Latin term meaning premature loss of mind; an early label for what is now called schizophrenia, emphasizing the disorder's frequent appearance during adolescence.
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associative splitting
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A separation among basic functions of human personality (for example, cognition, emotion, and perception) seen by some as the defining characteristic of schizophrenia.
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psychotic behavior
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A severe psychological disorder category characterized by hallucinations and loss of contact with reality.
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positive symptom
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A more overt symptom, such as a delusion or hallucination, displayed by some people with schizophrenia.
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delusion
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A psychotic symptom involving disorder of thought content and presence of strong beliefs that are misrepresentations of reality.
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hallucination
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A psychotic symptom of perceptual disturbance in which something is seen, heard, or otherwise sensed although it is not actually present.
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negative symptom
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A less outgoing symptom, such as flat affect or poverty of speech, displayed by some people with schizophrenia.
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avolition
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An inability to initiate or persist in important activities. Also known as apathy.
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alogia
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A deficiency in the amount or content of speech, a disturbance often seen in people with schizophrenia.
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anhedonia
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An inability to experience pleasure, associated with some mood and schizophrenia disorders.
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flat affect
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An apparently emotionless demeanor (including toneless speech and vacant gaze) when a reaction would be expected.
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disorganized speech
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A style of talking often seen in people with schizophrenia, involving incoherence and a lack or typical logic patterns.
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inappropriate affect
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An emotional display that is improper for the situation.
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catatonic immobility
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A disturbance of motor behavior in which the person remains motionless, sometimes in awkward posture, for extended periods.
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schizophreniform disorder
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A psychotic disorder involving the symptoms of schizophrenia but lasting less than 6 months.
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schizoaffective disorder
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A psychotic disorder featuring symptoms of both schizophrenia and major mood disorder.
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delusional disorder
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A psychotic disorder featuring a persistent belief contrary to reality (delusion) but no other symptoms of schizophrenia.
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brief psychotic disorder
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A psychotic disturbance involving delusions, hallucinations, or disorganized speech or behavior but lasting less than 1 month; often occurs in reaction to a stressor.
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shared psychotic disorder
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A psychotic disturbance in which individuals develop a delusion similar to that of a person with whom they share a close relationship.
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schizotypal personality disorder
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A cluster A (odd or eccentric) personality disorder involving a pervasive pattern of interpersonal deficits featuring acute discomfort with, and reduced capacity for, close relationships, as well as cognitive or perceptual distortions and eccentricities of behavior.
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schizophrenogenic mother
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According to an obsolete, unsupported theory, a cold, dominating, and rejecting parent who was thought to cause schizophrenia in her offspring.
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double blind communication
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According to an obsolete, unsupported theory, the practice of transmitting conflicting messages that was thought to cause schizophrenia.
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expressed emotion (EE)
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Hostility, criticism, and over-involvement demonstrated by some families toward a family member with a psychological disorder. This can often contribute to the person's relapse.
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token economy
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A social learning behavior modification system in which individuals earn items they can exchange for desired rewards by displaying appropriate behaviors.
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