Dictionary of Biological Psychology
(from Greek, hebe: youth, phren: mind) An early-onset disorder that formed a category within DEMENTIA PRAECOX, a description used by Emil Kraepelin (1856–1926) but which was later replaced by the term SCHIZOPHRENIA.
Hebephrenia included disorders of AFFECT, MOOD and thought. Other categories in dementia praecox included PARANOIA and CATATONIA. These terms remain in use: hebephrenia is a term rarely used now.
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