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   What is schizophrenia & how does it affect a person?

   • Schizophrenia is a serious mental health condition that affects how people think, feel and behave. It may result in a mix of hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized thinking and behavior. Hallucinations involve seeing things or hearing voices that aren't observed by others. Delusions involve firm beliefs about things that are not true.

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   Is schizophrenia a psychosis?

   • Schizophrenia is a long-term mental health condition. It causes a range of different psychological symptoms. Doctors often describe schizophrenia as a type of psychosis. This means the person may not always be able to distinguish their own thoughts and ideas from reality. Symptoms of schizophrenia can include:

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   How do you know if a person has schizophrenia?

   • Psychotic symptoms include: Hallucinations: When a person sees, hears, smells, tastes, or feels things that are not actually there. Hearing voices is common for people with schizophrenia. People who hear voices may hear them for a long time before family or friends notice a problem.

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   What is acute schizophrenia?

   • People often have episodes of schizophrenia, during which their symptoms are particularly severe, followed by periods where they experience few or no symptoms. This is known as acute schizophrenia. The symptoms of schizophrenia are usually classified into:

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   Positive and negative symptoms. The symptoms of schizophrenia are usually classified into: positive symptoms – any change in behaviour or thoughts, such as hallucinations or delusions; negative symptoms – where people appear to withdraw from the world around then, take no interest in everyday social interactions, and often appear ...

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   Symptoms of schizophrenia can include: hallucinations – hearing or seeing things that do not exist outside of the mind. delusions – unusual beliefs not based on reality. muddled thoughts and speech based on hallucinations or delusions. losing interest in everyday activities.

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   May 18, 2024 · Schizophrenia is a serious mental health condition that affects how people think, feel and behave. It may result in a mix of hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized thinking and behavior. Hallucinations involve seeing things or hearing voices that aren't observed by others.

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   Positive symptoms are experiences or behaviours that the condition adds to your life. Like hearing or seeing things that others don't, or having a belief that something is real or true when it isn't. Negative symptoms are experiences or behaviours that the condition takes away from your life.

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   Jan 10, 2022 · Symptoms. Schizophrenia is characterised by significant impairments in the way reality is perceived and changes in behaviour related to: persistent delusions: the person has fixed beliefs that something is true, despite evidence to the contrary; persistent hallucinations: the person may hear, smell, see, touch, or feel things that are not there;

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   Jun 28, 2023 · Overview. Learn about the three stages of schizophrenia. What is schizophrenia? Schizophrenia is a psychiatric condition that has severe effects on your physical and mental well-being. It disrupts how your brain works, interfering with things like your thoughts, memory, senses and behaviors.

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   Schizophrenia symptoms can differ from person to person, but they generally fall into three main categories: psychotic, negative, and cognitive. Psychotic symptoms include changes in the way a person thinks, acts, and experiences the world.