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Diagnosis of Schizophrenia

A psychiatrist will diagnose schizophrenia when there is evidence of a profound break in reality manifesting itself in one or more of the following symptoms for several months:

• Thought insertion: the belief that someone is putting thoughts into the person's head.
• Thought broadcasting: the belief that others can hear the person's thoughts as they occur.
• Feelings of passivity: the belief that the person's thoughts and actions are being controlled by someone else.
• Hearing voices commenting on the person's actions.
• Other delusional beliefs 'out of the blue'.
• Physical hallucinations: for example that someone is sitting on the person during the night.

• SARSScabiesScarlet feverScarsSchizophreniaSciaticaScoliosisScurvySeasonal affective disorderSecond opinionSelf-injurySeptic shockSexual health clinicsSexually transmitted infectionsShinglesShort-sightednessSick building syndromeSickle-cell anaemiaSinusitisSjogren's syndromeSlapped cheek syndromeSleep apnoeaSlipped discSmear testSmoking (quitting)SnoringSore throatSpina bifidaSpinal muscular atrophySports injuriesSprainsSquintStaphylococcal infectionsSterilisationStillbirthStings, insectStings, marine creaturesStreptococcal infectionsStressStretch marksStrokeSubarachnoid haemorrhageSubdural haematomaSudden infant death syndromeSuicideSunburnSupraventricular tachycardiaSyphilis

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