• Question: What are the symptoms of schizophrenia?

    Asked by unity1 to Nick on 15 Mar 2010 in Categories: .
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      Nick Bradshaw answered on 15 Mar 2010:

      There are quite a few symptoms, but not every schizophrenia sufferer gets all of them. They can include:

      * Delusions (being convinced of something that is not true, for example that your dad is the president)
      * Hallucinating (either seeing or hearing things that aren’t there)
      * Find it very difficult to talk to and relate to people
      * Extreme periods of depression
      * Reduced attention and ability to remember things while doing a task

      Patients normally start to show symptoms when they are young adults

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