disorganized schizophrenia
- noun
- /ˌdɪsˈɔːrɡənaɪzd ˌskɪtsəˈfrɛnɪə/
- Archaic
:
esquizofrenia desorganizada
- He was admitted for treatment after presenting clear signs of disorganized schizophrenia in his late teens.
Examples
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Patients diagnosed with disorganized schizophrenia often exhibit fragmented thoughts and unpredictable behavior.
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The symptoms of disorganized schizophrenia can significantly disrupt daily functioning and social interactions.
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Many people are unaware of disorganized schizophrenia.
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Patients with disorganized schizophrenia often struggle with daily tasks.
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He was admitted for treatment after presenting clear signs of disorganized schizophrenia in his late teens.
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Patients diagnosed with disorganized schizophrenia often exhibit fragmented thoughts and unpredictable behavior.
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The symptoms of disorganized schizophrenia can significantly disrupt daily functioning and social interactions.
Synonyms
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8.7
A serious mental illness that makes people lose touch with reality, for example hearing things that are not real
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9.9
A serious mental illness where a person loses touch with reality and talks or thinks in a confused way
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8.1
A serious mental illness that makes people lose contact with reality and withdraw from others
A severe mental illness with confused thinking, strange speech, and childish behavior that often starts in the teenage years
A mental illness where thoughts are confused and behavior is childlike, starting in teenage years
A mental illness with confused thoughts and childlike behaviour that starts in the teenage years
How Immobile
- Archaic
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9.9
- Archaic
- Specialized
4
8.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase simply combines 'disorganized' (lacking order) with 'schizophrenia' (a mental disorder), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it refers to a form of schizophrenia marked by disorganization. While detailed clinical features (e.g. personality disintegration) are specialist, the core subtype meaning is compositionally transparent and parallels labels in other languages.
Etymology
Disorganized schizophrenia comes from the words disorganized (meaning 'messy' or 'not in order') and schizophrenia (a name for a 'serious mental illness'). So the phrase gives a clear picture of thinking, speech and behaviour that are messy and confused, which is why doctors use it for this kind of schizophrenia.