Five Causes For Schizophrenia
Symptoms
Doctors often group symptoms of schizophrenia into three categories: Positive, negative, and cognitive.
Positive Symptoms
Positive symptoms include the psychotic symptoms that are most often associated with schizophrenia. Psychotic symptoms usually occur every now and then, alternating with periods of remission. These symptoms include:
- Hallucinations. A hallucination is the experience of seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, or feeling something that doesn't really exist. Auditory...
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Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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