Which symptoms are expected for a patient with disorganized schizophrenia?
a. Extremes of motor activity, from excitement to stupor
b. Social withdrawal and ineffective communication
c. Severe anxiety with ritualistic behavior
d. Highly suspicious, delusional behavior
ANS: B
Patients with disorganized schizophrenia demonstrate the most regressed and socially impaired behaviors of the schizophrenias. Communication is often incoherent, with silly giggling and loose associations predominating. Highly suspicious, delusional behavior relates more to paranoid schizophrenia. Extremes of motor activity, from excitement to stupor, relates to catatonic schizophrenia. Severe anxiety and ritualistic behaviors relate to obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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