pseudoneurotic schizophrenia
an outdated term describing a disorder characterized by all-pervasive anxiety and a wide variety of neurotic symptoms (persistent and irrational fears, obsessive thoughts, compulsive acts, dissociative states), with underlying psychotic tendencies (delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, thought, or behavior) that at times emerge very briefly, typically in response to stress (see micropsychosis). Pseudoneurotic schizophrenia is primarily considered to be a personality disorder rather than a type of schizophrenia, and individuals exhibiting such symptoms tend to be diagnosed with schizotypal personality disorder or borderline personality disorder. [described in 1949 by German-born U.S. psychiatrist Paul H. Hoch (1902–1964) and psychiatrist Phillip Polatin (1905–1980) and used in clinical practice and research for the next 25 years]