Thursday, February 23, 2012

Schizophrenia

schiz•o•phre•ni•a Pronunciation: (skit"su-frē'nē-u, -frēn'yu), [key]—n.1. Psychiatry. Also called dementia praecox. a severe mental disorder characterized by some, but not necessarily all, of the following features: emotional blunting, intellectual deterioration, social isolation, disorganized speech and behavior, delusions, and hallucinations.2. a state characterized by the coexistence of contradictory or incompatible elements.Read more: schizophrenia: meaning and definitions — Infoplease.com http://dictionary.infoplease.com/schizophrenia#ixzz1n9P997gR

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