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What is schizophrenia?
Schizophrenia is a psychotic disorder. This mental condition can manifest itself in a variety of
ways. The predominant difficulties associated with schizophrenia are related to a person's
thinking, which is unusual or bizarre. Because the person's thinking is intermittently disordered, a
person with schizophrenia may have a variety of behaviors that appear odd or strange to others.
In addition, the person's speech is irrational or disjointed.
1. Paranoid - Delusions and hallucinations tend to be the most prominent feature of this
type of schizophrenia.
2. Catatonic - Unusual body movements such as a loss of or scarcity of motion are usually
present. On the other hand, there may be agitation and excessive body movements that
seem to be without direction. Mutism is common.
3. Disorganized - Speech and behavior are disordered or jumbled. The patient displays
emotional responses which are not appropriate for the given situation.
4. Residual - In this type, signs of the disorder continue beyond the acute episode but in a
mild or less active form.
5. Undifferentiated - In this type, the person may meet the criteria for more than one type.