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Residual schizophrenia is a type of schizophrenia that includes negative symptoms, but not overt positive symptoms like hallucinations or delusions after a schizophrenic episode that involved positive symptoms. For example, someone who had hallucinations, flat affect, and social withdrawal six months ago, but who now only has flat affect and social withdrawal, probably has residual schizophrenia.
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What are the causes of residual schizophrenia?
Residual schizophrenia is caused by a partial recovery from schizophrenia. For an explanation of what causes schizophrenia, please see the related question.
What are different categories of schizophrenia?
Paranoid, catatonic, disorganized, undifferentiated, and residual.
What are the symptoms of residual schizophrenia?
There is no specific list of symptoms for residual schizophrenia. Residual schizophrenia is most common type of schizophrenia now due to medication. It occurs when someone has had an active episode and currently do not show any symptoms of delusions, hallucinations, disorders of thought, grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior, and negative symptoms. They still are clearly not the same person they were before the schizophrenic episode had occurred and probably will have some strange behaviors.
Is it possible that residual schizophrenia is caused by a car accident?
Some forms of schizophrenia can be caused by head trauma. You should speak to a psychiatrist, who can refer to a neurologist if needed.
What is the criteria for a diagnosis of schizophrenia?
the criteria for a diagnosis of schizophrenia is that a patient be continuously ill for at least six months, and that there be one psychotic phase followed by one residual phase of odd behavior
How many types of schizophrenia are there?
Depending on how you divide it, there are either 5 or 2 types of schizophrenia. The five types are paranoid, disorganized, residual, catatonic, and undifferentiated. The two types are positive (or Type I) schizophrenia and negative (or Type II) schizophrenia. Positive schizophrenia consists of mainly positive symptoms. Negative schizophrenia consists of mainly negative symptoms.
What types of schizophrenia are there?
Child schizophrenia adult schizophrenia and catatonic don’t forget something people with schizophrenia they are very smart JESUS ESQUIVEL 1190 west Monroe St apt A wytheville va 24382 check this website most famous people with schizophrenia thanks behave yourself.
If a 30 year old has schizophrenia could the mother have it as well?
Yes. Schizophrenia is partly genetic, meaning that if you have a relative with schizophrenia you are likely to also have schizophrenia. About 1/10 of people with a relative with schizophrenia develop schizophrenia, compared to 1/100 people without a relative with schizophrenia.
Is schizophrenia a disability?
People with schizophrenia usually have normal cognitive function at the beginning of the course of schizophrenia.
How are age and gender linked to schizophrenia?
Teenagers and young adults are most likely to get schizophrenia. Women with schizophrenia are more likely to have less severe schizophrenia and have paranoid schizophrenia, as well as developing schizophrenia at an average age of 25; men have a more severe course, with higher rates of disorganized and catatonic schizophrenia as well as developing schizophrenia at the average age of 18.
Is schizophrenia on axis I or II?
Schizophrenia is on Axis I.
What is schizophrenia related to?
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder
