ACUTE SCHIZOPHRENIC EPISODE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Schizophrenia of abrupt onset and relatively short duration (a few weeks or months)

Synonyms:

acute schizophrenic episode; reactive schizophrenia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("acute schizophrenic episode" is a kind of...):

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