THE PARAPHRENIC SYNDROME AS THE ENIGMA IN PSYCHIATRY

The difference of the paraphrenia from the paraphrenic syndrome at paranoid schizophrenia interests the famous psychiatrists since the 19th century. In this article it is emphasized that the paraphrenic syndrome and paraphrenia can exist in psychiatry at the same time. The differences between them are noted. The author of the article raises other question – if the paraphrenic syndrome is a stage of paranoid schizophrenia development, then where the emotional-volitional defect with the emergence of paraphrenic syndrome disappears.