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What does hebephrenia mean?

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  1. (obsolete) A type of mental disorder occurring during puberty.
  2. (clinical) A form of schizophrenia characterised by inappropriate behaviour and emotional responses.
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The case presented illustrates this dream material and is compared with two other cases of hebephrenia previously published by the author which do not contain dream material.
Another common type, which is also the most devastating, is disorganized schizophrenia, which is also known as hebephrenia.
More important, however, is that in hebephrenia the ultimate disintegration of the personality is greater than in other types of schizophrenia.
Let us recall also the mental troubles, the psychoses designated by the name hebephrenia.
The subjects of hebephrenia are peculiarly liable to tubercular infection and many die of phthisis.

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