Hallucinations: By definition, schizophrenia is about psychosis. Psychosis means the patient is getting external stimuli from the environment through one or more of his or her five senses, that does not objectively exist. In other words there are auditory,visual, olfactory, gustatory, and tactile hallucinations that can be experienced by the patient. Auditory hallucinations, however, are the most common.
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Social withdrawal: this may be due to fear that someone will harm them. Hallucinations, delusional thinking and social withdrawal from family and friends are symptoms very commonly experienced by patient.
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