Hebephrenic
A
hebephrenic is a person suffering from
hebephrenia. Hebephrenia is an outdated term for one of the classifications of schizophrenia. Behaviors associated with hebephrenia are:
- extreme anti-social behavior
- incoherent shrieking
- self-mutilation
- ingesting feces
Hebephrenia is the real-world inspiration for the Hollywood definition of 'madness'. Hebephrenic subjects can be absolutely terrifying to observers. This category of schizophrenia is usually associated with a disrupted or incomplete stage of childhood.