Schizophrenia is a chronic mental health condition that causes a range of different psychological symptoms. These include:
- hallucinations – hearing or seeing things that do not exist, and
- delusions – believing in things that are untrue.
Hallucinations and delusions are often referred to as psychotic symptoms or symptoms of psychosis. Psychosis is when somebody is unable to distinguish between reality and their imagination.
The exact cause of schizophrenia is unknown. However, most experts believe that the condition is caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors.
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