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schizophrenia
Is it possible for a person to have both the disorganized and paranoid schizophrenia combined? And if so, what would that be called?
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to shorten the answer Razhie gave you. Disorganized and paranoid are symptoms related to schizophrenia. These and other symptoms can manifest themselves in anyone suffering schizophrenia. The sub symptoms are not always present at one time and therefore it is now recommended that the psychiatrist treat the primary ailment and make that the diagnoses. Sub symptoms are treated as they manifest if the manifest.
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This is really a question for a mental health professional.
But I also don't think it's an important question, because in the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (which lays out the standard criteria for the classification of mental disorders in the States) removes these subtypes.
Here is the reason the The American Psychiatric Association gave for removing the disorder and paranoid types from the manual:
"...the diagnostic criteria no longer identify subtypes. Subtypes had been defined by the predominant symptom at the time of evaluation. But these were not helpful to clinicians because patients' symptoms often changed from one subtype to another and presented overlapping subtype symptoms, which blurred distinctions among the five subtypes and decreased their validity."
Basically, these types are being removed for the exact reason you are asking this question! They weren't helpful, because they were imprecise and people's symptoms changed or included symptoms from multiple subtypes.
You can find the context for the above quote here: [Link](Mouse over link to see full location)
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This is really something that can only be answered by a Psychiatrist.
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