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dementia prae·cox

(prē′kŏks′)

Schizophrenia. No longer in scientific use.

[New Latin dēmentia praecox : Latin dēmentia, dementia + Latin praecox, premature.]

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dementia praecox

(ˈpriːkɒks)

(Psychiatry) a former name for schizophrenia

[C19: New Latin, literally: premature dementia]

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schiz•o•phre•ni•a

(ˌskɪt səˈfri ni ə, -ˈfrin yə)

n.

a severe mental disorder associated with brain abnormalities and typically evidenced by disorganized speech and behavior, delusions, and hallucinations.

[< German Schizophrenie (1910); see schizo-, -phrenia]

schiz`o•phren′ic (-ˈfrɛn ɪk) adj., n.

schiz`o•phren′i•cal•ly, adv.

dementia praecox

schizophrenia.

See also: Insanity

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dementia praecox - any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact

schizophrenia, schizophrenic disorder, schizophrenic psychosis

psychosis - any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted

borderline schizophrenia, latent schizophrenia - schizophrenia characterized by mild symptoms or by some preexisting tendency to schizophrenia

catatonic schizophrenia, catatonic type schizophrenia, catatonia - a form of schizophrenia characterized by a tendency to remain in a fixed stuporous state for long periods; the catatonia may give way to short periods of extreme excitement

disorganized schizophrenia, disorganized type schizophrenia, hebephrenia, hebephrenic schizophrenia - a form of schizophrenia characterized by severe disintegration of personality including erratic speech and childish mannerisms and bizarre behavior; usually becomes evident during puberty; the most common diagnostic category in mental institutions

paranoic type schizophrenia, paranoid schizophrenia, paraphrenia, paraphrenic schizophrenia - 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

acute schizophrenic episode, reactive schizophrenia - schizophrenia of abrupt onset and relatively short duration (a few weeks or months)

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The famous Eugen Bleuler (whose sister suffered from schizophrenia) was prescient when a century ago he published his classic book titled Dementia Praecox or the Group of Schizophrenias.

The daunting challenge of schizophrenia: hundreds of biotypes and dozens of theories: The heterogeneity of this complex brain syndrome represents a formidable challenge

Interestingly, the most cited book is the English translation of his Dementia praecox and paraphrenia (1971), which has been cited 3,473 times.

Who was Emil Kraepelin and why do we remember him 160 years later?

Kraepelin named it as' dementia praecox' in 18962 and Bleuler renamed it as schizophrenia in 19083.

LONG TERM OUTCOME OF SCHIZOPHRENIA - A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

In 1852, Morel brings a condition with the same features into discussion, but calls it dementia praecox, the rationale behind this being that the onset of the disease takes place in adolescence and the disability produced to those affected is very severe in terms of functionality.

The importance of treatment adherence: catatonia, an emergency diagnosis in psychiatry

Ramirez spent the last 30 years of his life in state hospitals with what was diagnosed at the time as "dementia praecox (schizophrenia), catatonic form." Yet in his silence and despondency he found another language to occupy his mind and heart: art.

An abundant life: the artwork of Mexican artist Martin Ramirez reminds us that the spirit is always free

An example of PICOS search strategy P (Schizophrenia) |(Perazine) #1 schizophren (*) #5 perazin (*) #2 dementia Praecox #6 taxilan (*) #3 exp schizophrenia[Mesh] #7 pernazin (*) #4 or 1/3 #8 piperazin (*) #9 phenothiazine tranquilizer (*) #10 perazine[Mesh] #11 or 5/10 #4 and #11 and #21 P (Schizophrenia) S (RCT) #1 schizophren (*) #12 randomized controlled trial[pt] #2 dementia Praecox #13 controlled clinical trial[pt] #3 exp schizophrenia[Mesh] #14 randomized [tiab] #4 or 1/3 #15 placebo [tiab] #16 randomly [tiab] #17 trial [tiab] #18 groups [tiab] #19 or 11/17 #20 animals [MeSh] not human [MeSh] #21 #19 not #20 #4 and #11 and #21 Table 4.

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In 1911, the Swiss psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler used the term "autism" in a book about dementia praecox, a debilitating psychotic disorder that was synonymous with stigma, hopelessness, and institutionalization.