Paranoid Schizophrenics

Schizophrenia is a psychological disorder that interferes with the human’s thought process, causing many forms of hallucinations, delusions, and disorganization. Many people confuse this mental disorder with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), in which these two disorders are not at all the same, in fact very different. DID is a disorder where a person has two or more distinct identities, as schizophrenia affects the relation between thoughts, emotions, and behavior. According to the National Institution of Mental Health every 8 out of 1,000 people will have schizophrenia in their lifetime. Some signs of schizophrenia are change in behavior, delusions, and hallucinations. There are many different types of schizophrenia such as paranoid,

The symptoms of paranoid schizophrenia include delusions, auditory hallucinations, interruption of cognitive judgment and reasoning. Many people diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia have a high belief that someone is out to get them or people are plotting to harm them. The functions of paranoid schizophrenics are much higher than the other types, but are at a greater risk of suicide or violent behavior due to the delusions and hallucinations. Residual schizophrenia does not express major positive symptoms and is defined by having at least one episode of schizophrenia. Being diagnosed with residual schizophrenia, patients will show more negative symptoms such as withdrawal from social interaction, lack of speech and emotional connection. If the patient shows little positive symptoms it means the disorder is still intact. Catatonic schizophrenia is characterized by disturbances of moment. The patient will show repetitive movement, sudden frenziedness, unusual posture, and/or repetitive speech. Catatonic schizophrenics may be malnourished or exposed to self-injury. Many researchers state this type is unusual among developed