Identifying, Assessing, and Treating Early Onset Schizophrenia at School by Huijun Li Melissa Pearrow & Shane R. Jimerson

Author:Huijun Li, Melissa Pearrow & Shane R. Jimerson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Springer New York, New York, NY

Continuous (prominent psychotic symptoms are present throughout the period of observation); also specify if: With prominent negative symptoms

Single episode in partial remission; also specify if: With prominent negative symptoms

Single episode in full remission

Other or unspecified pattern

According to DSM-IV-TR, there are five schizophrenia subtypes: Paranoid Type, Disorganized Type, Catatonic Type, Undifferentiated Type, and Residual Type. Among the five subtypes, the Paranoid Subtype is regarded as the least severe and the Disorganized Subtype as the most severe (APA, 2000). The subtypes are also classified into three dimensional descriptors for current and lifetime symptomatology of schizophrenia – psychotic, disorganized, and negative dimensions. The psychotic dimension includes symptoms of delusions and hallucinations, which are also called positive symptoms. The disorganized dimension includes disorganized speech, disoriented behavior, and inappropriate affect. The negative dimension includes the aforementioned negative symptoms such as withdrawal, flat affect, avolition, or alogia. Based on the severity of a person’s symptoms, an absent, mild, moderate, or severe specification is assigned to each of the three dimensions for either or both the current episode (past 6 months) or/and the lifetime course of the disorder (APA, 2000).

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