# sluggish schizophrenia

> outdated concept by Soviet psychiatrist Snezhnevsky, describing a mental state similar to schizophrenia, but without psychosis, instead expressed in lightweight negative symptoms; used as an analogue of the StPD in Russia; used to repress dissidents

**Wikidata**: [Q1967324](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1967324)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sluggish_schizophrenia)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/sluggish-schizophrenia


## References

1. ICD-9 Chapter V: Mental disorders (Soviet Adaption)