Catatonic type schizophrenia
Patients with this subtype of Schizophrenia may expose extremes of behavior including catatonia. Some may allow their posture to be rearranged, holding the fresh plot (catalepsy or waxy flexibility) . Others may imitate sounds (echolalia) or movements (echopraxia) of others. At times, some patients may explode into an wrathful, activated site marked by purposeless ad repetitive movements.
The catatonic type is rare today, and probably reflected an advanced stage of schizophrenia before the advent of unique treatment methods.
Disorganized type schizophrenia
A construct of schizophrenia that is characterized by a disorganized behavior and disorganized speech. Their affect may be flat or infamous.
This type involves a disturbance in behavior, communication, and opinion. Usually these patients point to a variety of eccentric characteristics such as recent clothing or curious gestures.
Paranoid type schizophrenia
Delusions and auditory hallucinations predominate in patients with this subtype of schizophrenia while their affective and cognitive functioning remains relatively intact. This type of patient often has highly explain delusions of persecution or personal grandeur. However, the patient may appear rather normal until he or she becomes entangled in typical argumentativeness and suspiciousness.
Residual type schizophrenia
A accomplish of schizophrenia that is characterized by a previous diagnosis of schizophrenia, but no longer having any of the prominent psychotic symptoms. There are some remaining symptoms of the disorder however, such as eccentric behavior, emotional blunting, illogical thinking, or social withdrawal.
In the residual type of schizophrenia, the patient has had at least one episode of schizophrenia. If delusions or hallucinations are show, they are not prominent, and are not accompanied by strong affect.
Undifferentiated type schizophrenia
This subtype of schizophrenia applies to patients who fail to meet the criteria for the other subtypes but clearly suffer from this mental disorder.
The patient suffers from pronounced psychotic symptoms, which may not fit in any other specific category or more than one.