Pseudo-dementia - Kaseichiho

Japanese: 仮性痴呆 - かせいちほう
Pseudo-dementia - Kaseichiho

...also called pseudodementia. Hysterical dementia is a state of confusion in which the patient appears absent-minded and unintelligent, gives deliberately incorrect answers (irrelevant responses), and behaves like a child (infantilism).

From [Dementia]

…Depending on the nature of the dementia, a distinction is made between generalized (diffuse) dementia and patchy dementia. Dementia basically refers to organic dementia, but in the case of Ganser's syndrome, a hysterical reaction exhibited by criminals while in custody, it is called pseudodementia or pseudodementia, and although the patient may appear to have dementia, it is distinguished from dementia proper. Dementia praecox, named by Kraepelin (today's schizophrenia), is a state that appears to be dementia-like due to emotional disorder. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "pseudo-dementia" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…仮性痴呆ともいう。ヒステリー性もうろう状態で,ぼんやりして知能が低いかのように見えたり,わざとらしい間違った答えをしたり(的はずれ応答),子どもっぽい態度を示したり(小児症)すること。…

【痴呆】より

…痴呆の性質により,全般性(瀰漫(びまん)性)痴呆と斑性痴呆(まだら痴呆)が区別される。 痴呆は原則的には器質性痴呆を指すが,犯罪者が拘禁時に示すヒステリー反応のガンザー症候群では,偽痴呆または仮性痴呆といい,あたかも痴呆者のようにみえる状態を示すことがあるが,本来の痴呆とは区別される。クレペリンが名づけた早発痴呆(今日の精神分裂症)は情意障害のため痴呆状にみえる状態である。…

※「仮性痴呆」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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