Noun: reactive schizophrenia
- Schizophrenia of abrupt onset and relatively short duration (a few weeks or months)
"The patient experienced a reactive schizophrenia following a traumatic event";
- acute schizophrenic episode
Derived forms: reactive schizophrenias
Type of: dementia praecox [archaic], schizophrenia, schizophrenic disorder, schizophrenic psychosis