Schizophrenia

DSM-V category: Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders

Subtypes

• Schizophrenia, Catatonic  
• Schizophrenia, Disorganised 
• Schizophrenia, Paranoid 
• Shared paranoid disorder 

 

Symptoms and signs

"Negative symptoms and signs" (i.e. reduction in normal functions)

• Apathy 
• Absent, blunted or incongruous emotional responses
• Reductions in speech (paucity of speech; poverty of speech)
  
• Social withdrawal
• Impaired attention
  
• Anhedonia
  
• Sexual dysfunction
• Lethargy
  

"Positive symptoms and signs" (i.e. new experiences and behaviours)

• Psychosis 
• Delusions
• Hallucinations
• Colour symbolism
• Religiosity or religious delusions
• Paranoia
• Ideas of reference
• Thought disorder 
• Thought control
• Grandiose delusions or grandiosity

Miscellaneous

• Anxiety 
• Depression
• Self-harm
• Recreational drug use

 

See also

• Schizotypal Personality Disorder