Hallucinations and delusions are the major signs of acute mental disorder. It is a mistake to call them the only signs of schizophrenia as they may be accompanied by other mental illnesses. Hallucinations and delusions in schizophrenia are signs of acute psychosis, which requires immediate treatment. Most often, the diagnosis of schizophrenia is accompanied by the auditory hallucinations when a person hears certain sounds or voices that do not exist in objective reality. Voters often initially comment on the actions of a person, then can start to criticize, threaten, and even give orders. This is very dangerous, especially for the patients, as they may harm themselves or people around them, trying to, for example, protect themselves from not existing objectively, but a distorted picture of the world.
The are following signs of hallucination: a person suddenly stops and starts listening to something, talks with himself/herself, sudden, irrational laughter, increasing isolation, and inability to concentrate on the conversation (Kane & Schulz 27). There are also some rare symptoms of paranoid schizophrenia, these are the hallucinations of taste and olfactory (sense of bad smell or taste, refuse from food for this reason), and tactile hallucinations (non-existent touch of fingers, feeling hot or cold). The diagnosis is made only after a clinical examination of the patient and confirmation of the presence of the criteria, which allows to confirm the paranoid schizophrenia disease (Shizophrenia.Com). Treatment is prescribed exclusively by a psychiatrist and physician directed at suppressing dopaminergic brain activity. Psychotropic drugs of neuroleptics, aimed primarily at addressing the positive symptoms are widely used. Great importance should be given to the social adaptation of the patient, the help from friends, relatives, and and work colleagues.
Works cited
Kane, John M and S. Charles Schulz. Schizophrenia. Glendale, CA: Audio-Digest Foundation, 2010. Print.
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