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Define the major DSM IV-TR categories of schizophrenia and psychosis, and lifespan development. (the definition, and the diagnostic features) in simple terms.

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I apologize. The different types of schizophrenia are:

? Paranoid schizophrenia-The most common. Primary symptoms are: grandiose delusions (i.e. thinking they are God) or auditory hallucinations (hearing things that are not there).
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