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| whose central features are confusion and incoherence, together with severe deterioration of adaptive behavior, such as personal hygiene, and social skills |
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| striking motor disturbances ranging from muscular rigidity to random or repetitive movements |
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| delusions of persecutions, in which people believe that others mean to harm them, and delusions of grandeur, in which they believe they are enormously important |
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| exhibit some of the symptoms and thought disorders of the above categories but who don’t have enough of the specific criteria to be diagnosed in those categories |
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| genetic predisposition, brain abnormalities, and biochemical factors |
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| bizarre behaviors such as delusions, hallucinations, disordered speech and thinking |
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| an absence of normal reactions, such as lack of emotional expression, loss of motivation, and an absence of speech |
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