Schizophrenia is a chronic mental condition that can affect emotions, thinking abilities, and capabilities of interacting with other people. It is often diagnosed in the early 20s or late adolescence in men, and early 30s or late 20s in women. Symptoms might come and go. During an episode, people with schizophrenia tend to have a flat affect, difficulty focusing and thinking, delusions, and hallucinations. In this article, we will take a look at the 5 different types of schizophrenia.
Paranoid Schizophrenia
Paranoid schizophrenia is one of the most common types of schizophrenia. Typical symptoms include hallucinations, delusions, difficulty concentrating, disorganized speech, flat affect, and behavioral impairment like emotional lability or impulse control. The exact cause for this type is still unclear. However, it would run in the family. Other risk factors include childhood abuse, brain abnormalities, virus exposure before birth or during infancy, as well as low levels of oxygen at birth.[1]
