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REACTIVE SCHIZOPHRENIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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 ("reactive schizophrenia" 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)