Associations to the word «Paraphrenia»

PARAPHRENIA, noun. Any of a group of psychotic illnesses involving delusions, distinct from paranoia and schizophrenia.

PARAPHRENIA, noun. A form of schizophrenia characterized by delusions (of persecution or grandeur or jealousy); symptoms may include anger and anxiety and aloofness and doubts about gender identity; unlike other types of schizophrenia the patients are usually presentable and (if delusions are not acted on) may function in an apparently normal manner.