Schizophrenia - Psychology
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"...schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by impairments in the way reality is perceived with Associated changes in schizo means split and free Nia means mind in Greek but it's important to remember it is not meant to mean split personality which is a condition schizophrenia affect how people think to feel and behave and the symptoms are divided into three main types Karthik or positive symptoms negative symptoms and cognitive symptoms psychotic symptoms include hallucinations meaning sensing something that there and auditory hallucinations are particularly common thought to occur in 80% of patients at some point delusions are fixed belief that something is true despite having evidence that it is not in schizophrenia paranoid delusion is a common for believing the FBI is following them or that they're being poisoned delusions of reference are also common in schizophrenia where a person believes messages and meant for them for example believing a newsreader on TV is talking directly to them they can be delusions of control where a person believes that someone else is controlling their thoughts such as the FBI placing thoughts in their minds they can be delusions of grandeur meaning being a figure of great importance and delusions of erotomania meaning believing a person typically of higher status is in love with them another positive symptom is disorganized..."
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