no. there are five types of schizophrenia some overlapping but each affecting behavior in a different way. they are: paranoid schizophrenia: this results in feelings of persecution that sometimes alternate with grandiosity. disorganized schizophrenia: this causes primarily incoherent speech or thought but may not involve delusions. catatonic schizophrenia: there is total withdrawal from reality causing a person to not speak assume bizarre body positions and appear to be in almost a trance-like state. residual schizophrenia: while classic signs of schizophrenia -- such as delusions -- may no longer be a problem patients still have very little or no motivation or drive and little interest in life. schizoaffective disorder: this is a combined diagnosis that involves the classic symptoms of schizophrenia along with those of another mental illness most commonly bipolar disorder (manic depression).
do all people with schizophrenia act the same?