Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia affects the way you think and cope with daily life. Someone living with schizophrenia may experience hallucinations, delusions, disorganised thinking and lack motivation for daily activities.

Overview of schizophrenia

This section provides information about schizophrenia. How it is diagnosed, possible causes and where to get further information and support.

  • Schizophrenia affects the way you think and cope with daily life
  • There are ‘positive symptoms’ of schizophrenia such as experiencing things which aren’t real (hallucinations) and believing things which aren’t real (delusions)
  • There are also ‘negative symptoms’ such as lacking motivation or becoming withdrawn
  • There are different types of schizophrenia
  • There are different causes of schizophrenia
  • You can get medication and psychological treatments for schizophrenia

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