disorganized schizophrenia /disôr″gənīzd/ [L, dis + Gk, organon, organ] , a subtype of schizophrenia characterized by an earlier age of onset, usually at puberty, and a more severe disintegration of the personality than occurs in other forms of the disease. The essential features include incoherence, loose associations, gross disorganization of behavior, and flat or inappropriate affect. See also schizophrenia.
