What Is Reactive Schizophrenia

noun Psychiatry. a type of schizophrenia of rapid onset and brief duration that occurs in response to environmental factors.

What is reactive psychosis?

Reactive psychosis, sometimes called psychogenic psychosis, refers to an acute psychosis with excellent prognosis emerging in response to a stressful life situation.

What are the types of schizophrenia?

• Paranoid schizophrenia. This is the most common type of schizophrenia. …
• Hebephrenic schizophrenia. …
• Catatonic schizophrenia. …
• Undifferentiated schizophrenia. …
• Residual schizophrenia. …
• Simple schizophrenia. …
• Unspecified schizophrenia.