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Compare and contrast disorganized schizophrenia and paranoid schizophrenia.

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The paranoid subtype is characterized by the presence of hallucinations and delusions. In the disorganized one appears a behavioral disorganization and of the thought and language as well as an inappropriate affect. These patients tend to have an earlier onset, a worse prognosis, and a greater number of neurocognitive alterations.

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The paranoid subtype is characterized by the presence of hallucinations and delusions. In the disorganized one appears a behavioral disorganization and of the thought and language as well as an inappropriate affect. These patients tend to have an earlier onset, a worse prognosis, and a greater number of neurocognitive alterations.

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Paranoid schizophrenics are characterized by sharp delusions, especially persecution ideas of grandeur, often with a corresponding aggressive reaction in response to the alleged persecution. There may be hallucinations of various kinds, to which patients react consecutively, but later, as deterioration occurs, apathy and indifference appear. Hallucinations are common. On the other hand, disorganized schizophrenia is another form of schizophrenia that is characterized by disorganization of speech, that is, the language is rambling and incoherent, the behavior is unpredictable, inappropriate and incongruous.

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