Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder. It difficult for a person to tell the difference between real and unreal experiences, to think logically, to have normal emotional responses to others, and to behave normally in social situations.

Catatonic type:

• Motor disturbances
• Stupor
• Negativism
• Rigidity
• Agitation
• Inability to take care of personal needs
• Decreased sensitivity to painful stimulus

Paranoid type:

• Delusional thoughts of persecution or of a grandiose nature
• Anxiety
• Anger
• Violence
• Argumentativeness

Disorganized type:

• Incoherence (not understandable)
• Regressive behavior
• Flat affect
• Delusions
• Hallucinations
• Inappropriate laughter
• Repetitive mannerisms
• Social withdrawal

Undifferentiated type: Patient may have symptoms of more than one subtype of schizophrenia.

Residual type: Prominent symptoms of the illness have abated, but some features - such as hallucinations and flat affect - may remain.