Residual schizophrenia: While the full-blown characteristic positive symptoms of schizophrenia (those that involve an excess of normal behavior, such as delusions, paranoia, or heightened sensitivity) are absent, ...
Residual schizophrenia. People with residual schizophrenia have a history of schizophrenic episodes characterized by negative symptoms or mild positive symptoms.
Paranoid schizophrenia is characterized by positive symptoms and lack of disorganized or negative symptoms. Residual schizophrenia has positive symptoms at low intensity.
The presence of a combination of symptoms from other types is classified as undifferentiated schizophrenia. Residual schizophrenia is constituted by minor symptoms, which occur as an active episode diminishes.
 See also: Hospitalization, Hallucinations, Delusions, Delusion, Symptom
  
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