Signs & Symptoms
Signs & Symptoms of Schizophrenia
Major Symptoms of Schizophrenia include:
Delusions – False beliefs of persecution, guilt or grandeur or being under outside control. People with schizophrenia may describe plots against them or think they have special powers and gifts. Sometimes they withdraw from people or hide to avoid imagined persecution.
Hallucinations – Most commonly involving hearing voices. Other less common experiences can include seeing, feeling, tasting or smelling things which to the person are real but which are not actually there.
Thought Disorder – Where the speech may be difficult to follow; for example, jumping from one subject to another with no logical connection. Thoughts and speech may be jumbled and disjointed. The person may think someone is interfering with their mind.
