Schizophrenia Subtypes

Question 1

Paranoid schizophrenia

Answer 1

characterised by the preoccupation of delusions or hallucinations (typically persecutory or grandiose ones).

Question 2

Disorganised schizophrenia

Answer 2

aka hebephrenic) is characterised by a regression to a primitive, unorganized form of behaviour. Incongruous behaviour such as grinning is common.

Question 3

Catatonic schizophrenia

Answer 3

characterised by marked disturbances in motor function such as stupor, posturing, and rigidity.

Question 4

Residual schizophrenia

Answer 4

refers to patients who lack active psychotic symptoms but still have milder symptoms such as emotional blunting, and mild loosening of association.

Question 5

Simple schizophrenia

Answer 5

characterised by predominately negative symptoms of schizophrenia in the absence of overtly psychotic experiences.

Question 6

Bouffee delirante

Answer 6

refers to a brief shorted lived psychosis that lasts less than 3 months.