What Are the Symptoms of Schizophrenia?

· Positive symptoms include:

· Heightened perceptions

· People may feel that their senses are being flooded by

sights and sounds, making it impossible to attend to

anything important

· Hallucinations – sensory perceptions that occur in the

absence of external stimuli

· Most common are auditory

· Seem to be spoken directly to, or overheard by, the

hallucinator

· Hallucinations can involve any of the other senses: tactile,

somatic, visual, gustatory, or olfactory

· Inappropriate affect – emotions that are unsuited to the

situation