mixture of sx
does not meet diagnostic criteria for any 1 type
Risidual Schizophrenia
Continuing evidence of the schizophrenic disturbance in absence of a complete set of active sx.
(emotional blunting, social w/d, eccentric behav, illogical thinking, mild looseness of assoc.)
Early-Onset Schizophrenia
childhood manifestation of sx
insidious onset
chronic
unfavorable prognosis
Late-Onset Schizophrenia
after age 45
more frequently women
predominance of paranoid sx
do well on antipsychotics
Deficit Schizophrenia
=enduring idiopathic negative sx
more severe illness course
higher prev of abnorm invol. movements b4 meds start
poorer social fxn
insidious onset
less long term recovery
less likely to marry
DECREASED RISK of MAJOR DEPRESSION + SUICIDE!
Schizo pts perform poor on psychological testing such as
=vigilance, memory, concept formation
pathological involvement of frontotemporal cortex
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