Is having a weird gait a good sign of having schizophrenia?

No: Not at all. There are very specific signs and symptoms which must correlate with the criteria for schizophrenia, but gait is not one of them. Sometimes, a child will have motor developmental problems, such as clumbsiness and awkward, poor coordination in association with pervasive development disorders such as autism-which is at times confused with schizophrenia.

Gait: No correlation between thought disorders & movement disorders.

No: Gait problems are not a classic sign of schizophrenia, altho some ppl w/ schizophrenia may have poor body awareness. Gait disorders are more commonly associated w/ disorders such as parkinson's, cerebral palsy, ms, muscular dystrophy, huntington's, etc., or they can be due to brain injury (e.g., strokes), drugs, leg injuries, inner ear problems, arthritis, conversion disorder . .

No: Gait problems are not a classic sign of schizophrenia, altho some ppl w/ schizophrenia may have poor body awareness. Gait disorders are more commonly associated w/ disorders such as parkinson's, cerebral palsy, ms, muscular dystrophy, huntington's, etc., or they can be due to brain injury (e.g., strokes), drugs, leg injuries, inner ear problems, arthritis, conversion disorder . . ..