1. Plural of hebephrenic; people diagnosed with hebephrenia, a form of schizophrenia characterized by disorganized speech, behavior, and affect, typically with onset in adolescence or early adulthood.
Usage: medical/psychiatric; dated term; modern psychiatry uses 'disorganized type schizophrenia' or similar classifications; plural form

Examples

• The psychiatric hospital admitted several hebephrenics in the 1970s.
• Early 20th-century psychiatrists studied hebephrenics to understand the progression of mental illness.
• Treatment protocols for hebephrenics have evolved significantly with modern antipsychotic medications.
• The case studies documented the behavioral patterns of hebephrenics in institutional settings.