What is another word for dementia praecox?
Pronunciation: [dɪmˈɛnʃə pɹˈiːkɒks] (IPA) 
Dementia praecox is a term that was used historically to refer to symptoms of severe mental illness, such as hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized thinking. However, the term is now deprecated as it is no longer used in modern psychiatric diagnosis. Instead, the current diagnostic terminology used to describe the mental disorders that were once considered dementia praecox are schizophrenia and other related psychotic disorders. These disorders are characterized by a range of symptoms, including disturbances in thought, perception, behavior, and emotion. Although the term dementia praecox is no longer used in modern psychiatry, it remains an important historical reference for the study of mental illness and its classification over time.
