Hebephrenic schizophrenia; Disorganized schizophrenia

• Active behavior, but in an aimless and not constructive way
• Bizarre and inappropriate emotional responses
• Difficulty feeling pleasure
• False, fixed beliefs (delusions)
• Lack of motivation
• Seeing or hearing things that aren't there (hallucinations)
• Strange or silly behavior
• Speech that makes no sense

Some of these symptoms are also seen in other types of schizophrenia. The main difference is that in disorganized schizophrenia, there is a lot of strange, aimless behavior and often speech that does not make sense.

See: Schizophrenia for a more complete description of schizophrenia and its treatment.

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Review Date: 02/07/2010
Reviewed By: David B. Merrill, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)