The severity of a patient's symptoms may be determined on the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale; those symptoms include waxy flexibility, flattened affect, and grandiosity.
This disorder would fall on the opposite end of a spectrum from autism in a recent model proposed by Simon Baron Cohen, and Harry Stack Sullivan wrote a text titled for it as Human Process. Newer treatments for this condition, like clozapine, target serotonin receptors, and are replacing older drugs like haloperidol, which often lead to (*) tardive dyskinesia. This disorder was first termed "dementia praecox" by Emil Kraeplin, and received its current name from Eugen Bleuler. The severity of a patient's symptoms may be determined on the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale; those symptoms include waxy flexibility, flattened affect, and grandiosity. It is commonly attributed to low levels of dopamine. For 10 points, identify this psychological disorder classed into subtypes like catatonic and paranoid.
This disorder would fall on the opposite end of a spectrum from autism in a recent model proposed by Simon Baron Cohen, and Harry Stack Sullivan wrote a text titled for it as Human Process.
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