Associations to the word «Paraphrenia»

Wiktionary

PARAPHRENIA, noun. Any of a group of psychotic illnesses involving delusions, distinct from paranoia and schizophrenia.

Dictionary definition

PARAPHRENIA, noun. A form of schizophrenia characterized by delusions (of persecution or grandeur or jealousy); symptoms may include anger and anxiety and aloofness and doubts about gender identity; unlike other types of schizophrenia the patients are usually presentable and (if delusions are not acted on) may function in an apparently normal manner.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca