Schizophrenia is a serious mental health condition that affects how people think, feel and behave. It may result in a mix of hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized thinking and behavior. Hallucinations involve seeing things or hearing voices that aren't observed by others.

symptoms

Behavioural: Social isolation, disorganised behaviour, aggression, agitation, compulsive behaviour, excitability, hostility, repetitive movements, self-harm, or lack of restraint

Cognitive: Thought disorder, delusion, amnesia, belief that an ordinary event has special and personal meaning, belief that thoughts aren't one's own, disorientation, mental confusion, slowness in activity, or false belief of superiority

Mood: Anger, anxiety, apathy, feeling detached from self, general discontent, loss of interest or pleasure in activities, elevated mood, or inappropriate emotional response

Psychological: Hallucination, paranoia, hearing voices, depression, fear, persecutory delusion, or religious delusion

Negative Symptoms

• Flat Affect: A person's face shows no emotion.

• Anhedonia: Inability to feel pleasure.

• Alogia: Lack of desire to speak.

• Avolition: Inability to initiate and persist in goal-directed activities.

Cognitive Symptoms

• Poor Executive Functioning: Difficulty understanding information and using it to make decisions.

• Trouble Focusing or Paying Attention: Difficulty maintaining concentration.

• Memory Problems: Trouble recalling information immediately after learning it.