schizophrenia
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- noun
- /ˌskɪtsəˈfrɪniə/
- Specialized
:
esquizofrenia
- The psychiatrist diagnosed her with schizophrenia after she reported hearing voices.
- diagnosis of schizophrenia
- schizophrenia is a disorder
- overdiagnosis of schizophrenia
She has that schizophrenia where she's hearing voices.
- She has that schizophrenia where she's hearing voices.
- Within months, all of her symptoms of schizophrenia were in full and complete remission.
- One of the treatments for schizophrenia are drugs that block dopamine receptors.
- I take this for my asthma or for my schizophrenia.
- Another feature of of schizophrenia would be hallucinations being incoherent.
- So, you know, groups say, oh, he had schizophrenia, he had bipolar disorder.
- Why would schizophrenia and autism be adaptive?
- I think Ron, because of his schizophrenia, it went with the territory.
- Now in cases like schizophrenia, autism.
- We do not really have a credible model system for schizophrenia or autism or something like that.
Examples
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And I grew up seeing not just bipolar disorder, but schizophrenia in my family.
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It's for people who have schizophrenia.
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Older people with schizophrenia, for example, are less likely to be married or to have living children.
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But certain people would say with schizophrenia, they lose that distinction.
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Does that mean he is suffering from schizophrenia?
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Within months, all of her symptoms of schizophrenia were in full and complete remission.
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The psychiatrist told my parents that I had schizophrenia and some other things I can't remember.
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From an articulate woman who had suffered from schizophrenia comes this account of her illness.
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The majority were diagnosed with schizophrenia, major depression, and bipolar disorders.
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You see, when Mom married my dad, she didn't realize he suffered from manic depression and schizophrenia, but she found out pretty quickly.
Synonyms
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A health problem that affects how a person thinks, feels, or behaves and may need medical help
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A severe mental illness in which a person loses touch with reality and may have false beliefs
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A condition that causes problems with thinking, feeling, or behaving
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A serious mental illness that makes people lose contact with reality and withdraw from others
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An old name for a serious mental illness like schizophrenia that causes loss of clear thinking and feeling
Antonyms
Compounds
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A serious mental illness with strong false beliefs of being threatened or being very important
- Archaic
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A form of serious mental illness with long periods of very little movement or speech
- Archaic
A mild mental illness that causes symptoms like hearing voices or having strange beliefs
- Archaic
Long times when someone cannot move or speak, sometimes followed by short restless periods
- Archaic
A severe mental illness that causes confused thinking, strange behavior, and childlike actions starting in the late teens
- Archaic
A severe mental illness with confused thinking, strange speech, and childish behavior that often starts in the teenage years
- Specialized
A mild mental health condition with few clear symptoms that may become worse over time
- Specialized
A mental illness where thoughts are confused and behavior is childlike, starting in teenage years
- Archaic
A sudden mental illness that starts after strong stress and lasts a short time
- Specialized
A type of schizophrenia where people wrongly believe others will harm them or a partner is cheating while appearing normal
- Specialized
A mental illness with long-lasting false beliefs while people still manage daily life
How Schizophrenic
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Surface Forms
Morphology
schizophrenia = schizo + phrenia
The word 'schizophrenia' is derived from Greek roots 'schizo' (split) and 'phrenia' (mind), but the specific medical meaning is not transparently derived from these components.
Etymology
The word schizophrenia comes from Greek parts schizo- meaning 'split' and -phrenia meaning 'mind'. So it helps you remember that the condition involves a break in thinking and in how a person sees reality.