The foundation of the basics: the most common clinical forms of schizophrenia

Any psychiatrist, even if he is just yesterday’s graduate of a medical school, will easily tell you the most basic clinical forms of such a common disease as schizophrenia. And he will not only name, but also describe in detail all the symptoms. As for people who consider the word “schizophrenic” a curse word and know only the most general information about mental disorders, we think that for them to recognize the disease when communicating with a person is an impossible task.

However, considering that the level of schizophrenia in the world in the average annual period can reach 10%, not only specialists, but also ordinary people need to be aware of the alarming «bells». No, in no case do we encourage you to independently diagnose yourself or your loved ones! This article is for informational purposes only.

Continuous schizophrenia: the ability to live like everyone else

Almost any disease can have at least two forms: acute, when the disease manifests itself brightly and suddenly “in all its glory”, and chronic or sluggish, when the symptoms appear in an implicit form, but constantly.

Both of these worsen the patient’s quality of life, especially when it comes to a mental diagnosis.

Such a chronic, mild form for schizophrenia is continuous. Mild symptoms and persistent signs of illness are actually not the worst option for a person with a schizophrenic disorder. Timely started and competent treatment makes it possible to live a long and fulfilling life, have a family, a favorite job and lively communication with others.

Paroxysmal forms of schizophrenia: sinusoid of states

We have already talked about fur-like schizophrenia in detail in one of the articles. This form of the disease is also called paroxysmal. From the point of view of a positive prognosis, this disease is very insidious. The fact is that each attack aggravates the patient’s condition. At the same time, therapy that should alleviate the condition rarely gives good results. According to the algorithm of development, fur-like schizophrenia is more like a cancerous tumor, gradually, but steadily capturing more and more large areas of the brain, until the patient begins dementia.

Another type of schizophrenic disorder is periodic or recurrent schizophrenia. It also has a paroxysmal character. But these episodes are quite rare. However, each of the attacks proceeds with vivid delirium, hallucinations and a disorder of consciousness. When a person comes to his senses, there is an improvement. It can be long, or it can end the next day. Because of this unpredictability and suddenness, this form of schizophrenia is also considered severe.

From one extreme to another

If we imagine the scale of schizophrenic disorders as a segment, at one end of which the disease manifests itself to a minimum degree, and at the other end it destroys life and health to the maximum, then at that very extreme peak point there will be the most complex and severe form — malignant, severe and continuously flowing or continuously progressive. Just imagine: no remission, no improvement, one solid. Endless acute attack. It is very difficult for people with this type of disorder, but it is even more difficult to observe this disease to relatives, not being able to alleviate the patient’s condition.

The foundation of the basics: the most common clinical forms of schizophrenia

At the other end of the segment, as the complete opposite of malignant, there is low-progressive schizophrenia. Its course is slow, attacks are almost imperceptible and extremely rare. Often people suffering from this form of the disease are not even aware that they have such a diagnosis. They do not accept treatment, and their condition does not seem alarming to those around them. But here, too, the insidious disease has an unexpectedly sad ending. The weakest and most inconspicuous form of schizophrenia, under certain circumstances, rapidly turns into the most severe, bypassing all intermediate stages. Therefore, we can say with confidence that forms of schizophrenia that are safe for the patient and his environment simply do not exist.

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