Types of Schizophrenia
With psychotic features:
- Patients with severe depression may develop psychotic symptoms [Delusions / Hallucinations]
- Psychotic Symptoms may be mood congruent [Like Nihilistic] or mood incongruent [grandiose]
- Only present in severe depression and hence sometimes called psychotic depression
With atypical features:
- Reversal of biological symptoms [Hypersomnia, overeating and weight gain]
With melancholic features:
- Involutional melancholia [Seen in old age]
- Severe anhedonia, profound guilt, early awakening, weight loss, agitation with HIGH SUICIDE RISK
With catatonic features:
- May develop catatonic symptoms such as stupor, negativism