Topic Navigator

Noun Tree | Nouns Groups | Verb Groups | Search

Parent Categories

entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

attribute go
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity

state go
the way something is with respect to its main attributes

condition, status go
a state at a particular time

psychological state, psychological condition, mental state, mental condition go
(psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic

mental illness, mental disease, psychopathy go
any disease of the mind

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

schizophrenia, schizophrenic disorder, schizophrenic psychosis, dementia praecox
any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact

noun.state

5 Subcategories

borderline schizophrenia, latent schizophrenia go
schizophrenia characterized by mild symptoms or by some preexisting tendency to schizophrenia
catatonic schizophrenia, catatonic type schizophrenia, catatonia go
a form of schizophrenia characterized by a tendency to remain in a fixed stuporous state for long periods
hebephrenia, hebephrenic schizophrenia, disorganized schizophrenia, disorganized type schizophrenia go
a form of schizophrenia characterized by severe disintegration of personality including erratic speech and childish mannerisms and bizarre behavior
paranoid schizophrenia, paranoic type schizophrenia, paraphrenic schizophrenia, paraphrenia go
a form of schizophrenia characterized by delusions (of persecution or grandeur or jealousy)
acute schizophrenic episode, reactive schizophrenia go
schizophrenia of abrupt onset and relatively short duration (a few weeks or months)