Is schizophrenia, or, as it was known a century ago, dementia praecox, in fact a premature dementia?

Schizophrenia: 267 M Canada Asks: Is schizophrenia, or, as it was known a century ago, dementia praecox, in fact a premature dementia? ANS: No. But folks may appear demented during an episode.

Schizoprhenia : The term Dementia Praecox was coined by Kraepelin in 1883 and referred to “early dementia”. He believed that what we now call Schizophrenia was a form of early dementia or brain deterioration (prior to old age). Schizophrenia & Dementia are two different conditions.