Obsolete abbreviation of 精神分裂病 (seishin bunretsubyō). Replaced by 統合失調症 (tōgō shitchō shō) in 2002; this term is now considered outdated and potentially stigmatizing.
See also: 精神分裂病
「分裂病」はかつて精神分裂病の略称として使われたが、現在は「統合失調症」と呼ばれる。
"Bunretsubyō" was once used as an abbreviation for seishin bunretsubyō, but it is now called "tōgō shitchō shō" (schizophrenia).