The Classification of Schizophrenia

As i did more research on my topic i found out more effects schizophrenia has on peoples lives. Some more effects other then the hallucinations and the illusions are disorganized speech. Some common signs of people having disorganized speech is shifting from topic to topic with no connection between them, making up words or phases that only the person saying it knows, repeating the same thing over and over again, and also putting rhyming words together without it making sense. There are negative symptoms of schizophrenia but the most important one's include peoples lack of emotional expression (people who don't respond to you), the lack of interest or enthusiasm, being unawareness of what is going on around you, trouble with your speech(cant carry out a conversation).

What most people probably don't know is that there are three major subtypes of schizophrenia. Each type of schizophrenia comes with its own signs and symptoms. The first subtype of schizophrenia is paranoid. Some ways you can tell if someone had paranoid schizophrenia is absurd or suspicious ideas and belief. People tend to function better than individuals with other schizophrenia subtypes. The second subtype of schizophrenia is disorganized. People who has disorganized schizophrenia the symptoms generally comes to those that are younger. The characteristics of this schizophrenia are disorganized speech/behavior and blunt or inappropriate emotions. People who suffer from this specific type of schizophrenia have trouble taking care of themselves and may not even be able to bathe and feed themselves. The common symptoms are impaired communication skills, illogical speech, inappropriate reactions, infantile behavior, and also peculiar facial expressions. The third and last subtype of schizophrenia is catatonic. A way you can tell if someone was classified as catatonic is when there is a disturbance in there movement. Whether its a decrease in motor activity or a increase in motor activity. When someone has a decrease in motor activity which is also known as stuporous motor signs. The person often slows down all voluntary movement and speech and resistant to movement. when someone has a increase in motor activity it is also known as excited motor signs. When someone is in this type of state people can go from a calm to an excitement state. People may shout, start talking in a rapid state, pacing, or possibly act out in violence whether its toward themselves or other people. People who is in the state of catatonic schizophrenia may instantly obey what people tell them, imitate what they do or mimic what they say. (Understanding Schizophrenia )



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Smith. Kemp, Larson, Jaffe, Melinda, Gina, Heather, Jaelline. "Understanding Schizophrenia Supportive Guide to the Signs, Symptoms, Causes and Effects." helpguide.org 12 17 2007 05 01 2008 .