Schizophrenia & Hallucinations

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Schizophrenia
It is a complex condition that defies simple description, but a distinction can be made between two broad types: acute schizophrenia and chronic ...

Schizophrenia and chronic mental illness: Signs and symptoms - MayoClinic.com
Hallucinations occur when you sense things that don't exist. The most common hallucination in schizophrenia is hearing voices.

Schizophrenia
Although some people who later develop schizophrenia may have seemed different from other children at an early age, the psychotic symptoms of ...

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Hallucinations that are symptomatic of a mental illness such as schizophrenia should be treated by a psychologist or psychiatrist.

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Hallucinations Guide

Hallucinations are abnormal sensory perceptions that occur while a person is awake and conscious and are unrelated to outside events; in other words, seeing or hearing things that aren't there.

There are numerous medical and psychiatric causes of hallucinations. Common causes include:

Fever, particularly in children and the elderly
Intoxication or withdrawal from such drugs as marijuana, LSD, cocaine or crack, heroin, and alcohol
Delirium or dementia
Sensory deprivation, such as blindness or deafness
Severe medical illness, including liver failure, kidney failure, and brain cancer
Some psychiatric disorders, particularly schizophrenia, psychotic depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder

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