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Schizophrenia can be difficult to diagnose. That’s partially because people with schizophrenia symptoms may not realize they have it and may not take themselves to a doctor for treatment.
In the past, doctors split schizophrenia patients into five subtypes depending on their dominant symptoms: paranoid, disorganized, catatonic, undifferentiated, and residual.
In 2013, the APA eliminated these schizophrenia subtypes and the APA’s guidelines opted instead for a broader schizophrenia definition because schizophrenia symptoms can change over…