1. relating to or characterized by hebephrenia, a form of schizophrenia marked by disorganized behavior, incoherent speech, and inappropriate emotional responses
Usage: medical/psychiatric term; dated; modern psychiatry uses different diagnostic categories

1. a person diagnosed with hebephrenia or exhibiting hebephrenic symptoms
Usage: medical/psychiatric term; dated; modern psychiatry uses different diagnostic categories

Examples

• The patient exhibited hebephrenic symptoms including disorganized speech and inappropriate laughter.
• Hebephrenic schizophrenia was once considered a distinct subtype of the disorder.
• The psychiatrist noted hebephrenic features in the clinical presentation.
• Modern diagnostic manuals no longer use the term hebephrenic as a primary classification.
• Historical case studies documented hebephrenic patients in early twentieth-century asylums.