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Dementia Praecox /Pręcox
Schizophrenia: a mental condition characterized by disorder of the association process. By some the term is used as synonymous with dementia pręcox. [The American Illustrated Medical Dictionary, Dorland, 1922].
the term was synonymous with insanity, and the term dementia praecox was used in the 19th cent. to describe the condition now known as schizophrenia.
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SCHIZOPHRENIA (Paranoic, Catatonic, Hebephrenic; Dementia Praecox)
SYMPTOMS"Principle signs are moodiness, solitary habits, stupor and excitement, delusions and hallucinations.
Beyond his contributions to the understanding of schizophrenia, Emil Kraepelin is also credited with the key distinctions between manic depressive illness and dementia praecox (schizophrenia) as well as between bipolar disorder and major depression.
 See also: Dementia, Schizophrenia, Symptom, Sclerosis, Convulsions
  
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