Paranoid schizophrenia and Schizophrenia

[Xrachie86X]

Whats the difference between Paranoid schizophrenia and Schizophrenia?

[Wellingtons]

Schizophrenia is the diagnosis, and then it has subtypes. Paranoid Schizophrenia is a type of Schizophrenia.

[sherlock holmes]

I wiki'd it:

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Subtypes

The DSM-IV-TR contains five sub-classifications of schizophrenia.

• Paranoid type: Where delusions and hallucinations are present but thought disorder, disorganized behavior, and affective flattening are absent. (DSM code 295.3/ICD code F20.0)
• Disorganized type: Named hebephrenic schizophrenia in the ICD. Where thought disorder and flat affect are present together. (DSM code 295.1/ICD code F20.1)
• Catatonic type: The subject may be almost immobile or exhibit agitated, purposeless movement. Symptoms can include catatonic stupor and waxy flexibility. (DSM code 295.2/ICD code F20.2)
• Undifferentiated type: Psychotic symptoms are present but the criteria for paranoid, disorganized, or catatonic types have not been met. (DSM code 295.9/ICD code F20.3)
• Residual type: Where positive symptoms are present at a low intensity only. (DSM code 295.6/ICD code F20.5)

[Steel Maiden]

As above, paranoid schizophrenia is a subtype of schizophrenia. There are different subtypes because some types of schizophrenia are not like paranoid schizophrenia at all. But I think paranoid schizophrenia is the most common.