paraphrenicadj.n.

1919 N.Y. Med. Jrnl. 110 792/2 They represent paraphrenic types wich are rarely seen in hospitals.

1952 Jrnl. Mental Sci. 98 75 In each case the disorder had started after the age of 60 and was paraphrenic in character.

1958 Daily Tel. 30 June 10/4 The effect was found to be beneficial even with some of the seriously disturbed paraphrenic patients.

1999 Psychopathology 32 70 A high rate of personality disorder comorbidity was found in both groups, with mainly paranoid and schizoid disorder in late paraphrenic patients.

1919 N.Y. Med. Jrnl. 110 794/2 The paraphrenic either shows no affect, or it evinces itself in a morbid and very inadequate way.

1967 Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry 113 221/2 Pilot testing of paraphrenics without memory deficits indicated, for instance, that the learning effect on B.V.R.T. retesting would be shown to be highly statistically significant for even one quarter of the number of patients.

1981 N. Kea Scorpion i. iii. 13 First, he had sat, shut in a padded cell, with an alleged homicidal Polish paraphrenic and with this patient enjoyed an entirely rational discussion on the degenerate state of Britain.

1992 Psychol. Med. 22 11 The life expectancy of patients diagnosed as late paraphrenics appears to be only slightly shorter than that of a normal control population.