DEMENTIA PRAECOX BOULEVARD

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a made-up name for a boulevard. Dementia praecox is a psychiatric term meaning schizophrenia (also a psychiatric term) which is a major mental disorder typically characterized by a separation of the thought processes and the emotions, a distortion of reality accompanied by delusions and hallucinations, a fragmentation of the personality, motor (involving muscular movement) disturbances, bizarre behavior, etc. The word schizophrenia comes from Greek, meaning split mind. —SHSBC Binder 22 Approved Glossary