residual schizophrenia

residual schizophrenia definition - medical

residual schizophrenia

noun
A condition occurring in individuals with a history of schizophrenic episodes, characterized by blunted or inappropriate emotion, social withdrawal, eccentric behavior, and the making of loose associations, and lacking in prominent psychotic symptoms.

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