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Paranoid Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a chronic psychiatric disorder, in which people interpret reality abnormally (Tsang 2010). According to the DSM-IV-TR, there are five sub types of schizophrenia, those are: disorganized schizophrenia, catatonic schizophrenia, undifferentiated schizophrenia, residual schizophrenia, and paranoid schizophrenia. In general a schizophrenia patient experiences delusions, hallucinations, disorganizes behaviors, poverty of speech and social withdrawal(NIMH)http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/schizophrenia/index.shtml. But what makes these sub types different are the most prominent symptoms that the person is experimenting. So each of the sub types have a very specific characteristic that makes them unique when the patient is getting diagnosed.

Paranoid schizophrenia is one of the five sub types mentioned earlier. This subtype is when individuals are experimenting delusions or frequent auditory hallucinations (Tsang 2010). Other symptoms include: anger, anxiety, detachments, aggression and violence, quarrels, condescension, suicidal thoughts and behavior (MNT 2014). The risk factors include: a viral infection, fetal malnutrition, stress during early life, childhood abuse or trauma, parental age when baby is born and also drugs (MNT 2014) http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/192621.php. But no one is certain on what exactly causes paranoid schizophrenia. There is also public discrimination with people that suffer from this condition, a study by Tsang, Chan and Cheun in 2003 showed that family members feel ashamed of having a mentally ill relative. Being bold is important on Wikipedia.