Diagnosis of schizophrenia

Positive symptoms - additional experience  beyond those of ordinary existence, including hallucinations and delusions

• Hallucinations are unusual sensory experiences: some are related to events in the environment whereas others bear no relationship to what the senses are picking up from the environment, for example, voices heard talking to or commenting on the sufferer
• Delusions, also known as paranoid delusions, are irrational beliefs which can take a range of forms: common delusions involve thinking you are an important historical or religious figure, believing that you are being persecuted by the government or aliens, or believing that you …