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Schizophrenia |
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| Symptoms: |
Catatonic type:
Paranoid type:
Disorganized type:
Undifferentiated type: Patient may have symptoms of more than one subtype of schizophrenia. Residual type: Prominent symptoms of the illness have abated, but some features - such as hallucinations and flat affect - may remain. |
| Signs and tests: |
Because other diseases can also cause symptoms of psychosis, psychiatrists should make the final diagnosis. The diagnosis is made based on a thorough psychiatric interview of the person and family members. As yet, there are no defining medical tests for schizophrenia. The following factors may suggest a schizophrenia diagnosis, but do not confirm it:
CT scans of the head and other imaging techniques may identify some changes associated with schizophrenia in the research literature and may rule out other neurophysiological disorders. |
Schizophrenia |
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