ability to establish satisfactory interpersonal relationships.other psychotic disorders reveals alterations in content and orga-cutory or grandiose nature. The individual is often tense and ness of others and by delusions and hallucinations of a perse-Paranoid schizophrenia is characterized by extreme suspicious-Paranoid Schizophrenia● Categories The syndrome of symptoms associated with schizophrenia and guarded and may be argumentative, hostile, and aggressive.nization of thoughts, perception of sensory input, affect or emo-tional tone, sense of identity, volition, psychomotor behavior, and BACKGROUND ASSESSMENT DATASchizophrenia and Other Psychotic DisordersC HAPTER^5
2506_Ch05_105-124.indd 105 2506 Ch 05 105 - 124 .indd primitive. Affect is inappropriate, with common characteristics [posturing], negativism, and rigidity) or being silliness, incongruous giggling, facial grimaces, and extreme social withdrawal. Communication is consistently incoherent.chomotor agitation, leading to exhaustion or the possibility of hurting self or others if not curtailed).Undifferentiated SchizophreniaUndifferentiated schizophrenia is characterized by disorganized behaviors and psychotic symptoms (e.g., delusions, hallucina-tions, incoherence, and grossly disorganized behavior) that may In disorganized schizophrenia, behavior is typically regressive and appear in more than one category.Catatonic SchizophreniaCatatonic schizophrenia manifests itself in the form of Disorganized Schizophrenia 1 (marked psychomotor retardation, mutism, waxy fl 05 excitement (extreme psy- exibility stupor^105 1 10/1/10 9:34:16 AM 0 / 1 / 10 9 : 34 : 16 AM