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Schizophrenia vs Psychosis

User Profile: UntilThen
UntilThen December 25th, 2017

I hear people mixing these things up or just not being sure what they both mean specifically so I figured I'd make the information easily available.

Psychosis is what we call the condition that causes one to experience hallucinations, delusions, and detachment from reality.

Schizophrenia is a condition which has psychosis as a part of it but also includes symptoms such as...

- Thoughts feeling too fast or too slow

- Difficulty remembering things

- Difficulty organizing thoughts

- Confusion

- Dissociation

- Depression

- Paranoia

It can be hard to tell if someone has schizophrenia or if they have psychosis and comorbid disorders that cause some of the other symptoms. Only a professinal can tell for sure

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User Profile: piercetheaiden
piercetheaiden December 26th, 2017

@UntilThen

Thank you for sharing! :)