Schizophrenia is a serious mental disorder that is commonly characterized by an individual's apparent loss of the ability to be able to differentiate between reality and imagined occurrences. This is often accompanied by the presence of delusions and/or auditory hallucinations. There are several different types of schizophrenia and how a person is diagnosed with this condition is dependent on the specific symptoms that are present as well as the severity of these symptoms.
Paranoid schizophrenia is the most common type and the first type that comes to many people's minds when the issue of schizophrenia is mentioned. The symptoms that are generally associated with this particular type of schizophrenia include heavy feelings of paranoia as well as the occurrence of auditory hallucinations or hearing voices and delusions. Although the specific delusions are often different from one person to another the general feeling of being conspired against or thoughts of persecution are mostly the same in different people however may be to varying degrees depending on the severity of the condition. Different variations of delusions may also include causing a person to feel unrealistically important as well as being prone to extreme changes in mood lacking any rationality.
Often individuals who are affected by this particular disorder go on to lead normal or close to normal lives. One reason for this may be that unlike other types of schizophrenia, individuals who are diagnosed as paranoid schizophrenics often do not show symptoms until an age where proper behaviors in social settings have already been learned. Another reason that paranoid schizophrenia is not often noticed at younger ages is because the symptoms of this condition are often not manifested in outward behaviors making it easier to hide the presence of these symptoms.
Disorganized schizophrenia also known as hebephrenic schizophrenia is another type of this condition that often presents thoughts that are confusing as well as disorganized behavior. Although delusions may sometimes be a symptom they are not as common or as extreme with this type. Other symptoms of this condition may include difficulty performing simply everyday functions such as dressing themselves, improper or bland reactions to emotional stimuli and incoherent speech.
The most obvious sign of catatonic schizophrenia is the lack of mobility. In many cases individuals with this disorder often move very little and resist anything that tries to cause them to move. These individuals tend to put their bodies in strange positions or repeat unnecessary movements as well as repeating the actions and words of other people.
Residual schizophrenia is considered to be the mildest of the different types of schizophrenia because it is classified by a less extreme occurrence of symptoms in comparison with the other schizophrenic types. Although symptoms are still present they are greatly reduced in contrast to the other types. Most individuals in this category often are able to maintain mostly normal lives however periodic treatment and hospital stays are sometimes needed.
Undifferentiated schizophrenia is a category of schizophrenia that is used to describe individuals who do not completely fit into any of the other categories of this condition.
Because of the constantly changing symptoms that are often experienced in relation to the different groups associated with schizophrenia it is possible and even likely that one person can be diagnosed with one or all of them at some point in their lives.
Paranoid schizophrenia is the most common type and the first type that comes to many people's minds when the issue of schizophrenia is mentioned. The symptoms that are generally associated with this particular type of schizophrenia include heavy feelings of paranoia as well as the occurrence of auditory hallucinations or hearing voices and delusions. Although the specific delusions are often different from one person to another the general feeling of being conspired against or thoughts of persecution are mostly the same in different people however may be to varying degrees depending on the severity of the condition. Different variations of delusions may also include causing a person to feel unrealistically important as well as being prone to extreme changes in mood lacking any rationality.
Often individuals who are affected by this particular disorder go on to lead normal or close to normal lives. One reason for this may be that unlike other types of schizophrenia, individuals who are diagnosed as paranoid schizophrenics often do not show symptoms until an age where proper behaviors in social settings have already been learned. Another reason that paranoid schizophrenia is not often noticed at younger ages is because the symptoms of this condition are often not manifested in outward behaviors making it easier to hide the presence of these symptoms.
Disorganized schizophrenia also known as hebephrenic schizophrenia is another type of this condition that often presents thoughts that are confusing as well as disorganized behavior. Although delusions may sometimes be a symptom they are not as common or as extreme with this type. Other symptoms of this condition may include difficulty performing simply everyday functions such as dressing themselves, improper or bland reactions to emotional stimuli and incoherent speech.
The most obvious sign of catatonic schizophrenia is the lack of mobility. In many cases individuals with this disorder often move very little and resist anything that tries to cause them to move. These individuals tend to put their bodies in strange positions or repeat unnecessary movements as well as repeating the actions and words of other people.
Residual schizophrenia is considered to be the mildest of the different types of schizophrenia because it is classified by a less extreme occurrence of symptoms in comparison with the other schizophrenic types. Although symptoms are still present they are greatly reduced in contrast to the other types. Most individuals in this category often are able to maintain mostly normal lives however periodic treatment and hospital stays are sometimes needed.
Undifferentiated schizophrenia is a category of schizophrenia that is used to describe individuals who do not completely fit into any of the other categories of this condition.
Because of the constantly changing symptoms that are often experienced in relation to the different groups associated with schizophrenia it is possible and even likely that one person can be diagnosed with one or all of them at some point in their lives.