hebephrenia
英 [,hiːbɪ'friːnɪə]
美[,hibə'frinɪə]
- n. 青春期痴呆
英英释义
- 1. a form of schizophrenia characterized by severe disintegration of personality including erratic speech and childish mannerisms and bizarre behavior; usually becomes evident during puberty; the most common diagnostic category in mental institutions
英文词源
- hebephrenia (n.)
- "adolescent insanity," 1886, coined in Modern Latin by German psychiatrist Ewald Escker in 1871, from Greek hebe "youth" (see Hebe (1)) + phrene "mind" (see phreno-) + abstract noun ending -ia.