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# Schizophrenia
- URL: https://www.descentpress.com/index/schizophrenia/
- Published: 2026-09-05T04:40:52.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-10T02:26:49.000Z
- Description: Schizophrenia is Sharp’s clinical synonym redirect to psychosis for house Index purposes (extreme dissociation / split complexes). Related: dementia praecox (historical); abaissement-du-niveau-mental;
- Author: Jae Botávn
- Tags: #index, #Import 2026-09-04 23:45

## 1\. Etymology

**Schizophrenia** is Sharp’s clinical synonym redirect to **[psychosis](https://www.descentpress.com/index/psychosis/)** for house Index purposes (extreme dissociation / split complexes). Related: dementia praecox (historical); [abaissement-du-niveau-mental](https://www.descentpress.com/index/abaissement-du-niveau-mental/); [complex](https://www.descentpress.com/index/complex/).

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## 2\. Plain summary

**Examples (exhaustive house list for this Index lemma — common schizophrenia motifs named across Jung’s essays and standard Jungian lexica; not a claim that Jung’s CW contains only these):**  
Sharp redirect → psychosis; split-off complexes; collective-unconscious overwhelm; association / amplification of utterance; dual via psychosis prefers only.

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## 3\. Academic elucidation

Hub entry. Authority: [psychosis](https://www.descentpress.com/index/psychosis/). No new schizophrenia leaf stamps this pass. Engage mainstream psychiatry at its best; no caricature.

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## 4\. Lexicon

**Sharp (1991)**

> Schizophrenia. See psychosis.

(Sharp, 1991)

**Samuels, Shorter & Plaut (1986)** — *schizophrenia* under related heads (vessel; route via psychosis leaf):

> schizophrenia … could be explained as (a) an overwhelming of the EGO by the contents of the collective unconscious and (b) the domination of the personality by a split-off COMPLEX or complexes… (fuller quotes live with [psychosis](https://www.descentpress.com/index/psychosis/) / Samuels schizophrenia neighborhood)

(Samuels, Shorter, & Plaut, 1986)

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## 5\. CW concordance — sample, not exhaustive

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**See also:** [psychosis](https://www.descentpress.com/index/psychosis/); [complex](https://www.descentpress.com/index/complex/); [abaissement-du-niveau-mental](https://www.descentpress.com/index/abaissement-du-niveau-mental/); [psychogenic](https://www.descentpress.com/index/psychogenic/); [self](https://www.descentpress.com/index/self/); [self-regulation-of-the-psyche](https://www.descentpress.com/index/self-regulation-of-the-psyche/).

## References

Samuels, A., Shorter, B., & Plaut, F. (1986). *A critical dictionary of Jungian analysis*. Routledge.

Sharp, D. (1991). *Jung lexicon: A primer of terms & concepts*. Inner City Books.

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