|
|
Definition of Latent schizophrenia
1. Noun. Schizophrenia characterized by mild symptoms or by some preexisting tendency to schizophrenia.
Generic synonyms: Dementia Praecox, Schizophrenia, Schizophrenic Disorder, Schizophrenic Psychosis
Medical Definition of Latent schizophrenia
1. A preexisting susceptibility for developing overt schizophrenia under strong emotional stress. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Latent Schizophrenia
Literary usage of Latent schizophrenia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Schizophrenia, 1993: A Special Report edited by David Shore, Samuel J. Keith (1996)
"In the Copenhagen study, 34 adoptees were identified who the investigators
considered to have chronic, acute, or latent schizophrenia. ..."
2. Treatment for Stimulant Use Disorders edited by Richard A. Rawson, Rose M. Urban (2000)
"... low doses of stimulants may actually precipitate latent schizophrenia in some
users whose psychosis is then mistakenly diagnosed as stimulant-induced ..."
3. Useful Knowledge: The American Philosophical Society Millennium Program by Alexander G. Bearn, American Philosophical Society (1999)
"Postmodernist aesthetes try, more often than not in vain, in my view, to transform
this latent schizophrenia into a creative mood. ..."
4. Nervous and Mental Disease Monograph Series (1914)
"... latent schizophrenia. [See Practical Medicine Series, 1913, vol. 10, p. 214.]
Paraphrenia. This new group is composed of cases part of which were ..."
Other Resources:
