Azarhifism

In Insidious Madness, azarhifism (named for Ie Azarhif, the clinical neuropsychologist who discovered and described it) is a complicated neuropsychologic condition that develops suddenly and gradually disrupts the various cognitive faculties of the mind, including thought, memory, and reason, causing various symptoms as it progresses. Also called progressive psychic disintegration disorder, it damages interactions between numerous mental faculties, causing irrational thoughts, unstable and unprovoked emotional changes, and extremely odd behaviors. The symptoms vary due to the complexity of the condition.