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  2. Schizophrenia - Wikipedia

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    Schizophrenia is a mental disorder [17] [7] characterized variously by hallucinations (typically, hearing voices), delusions, disorganized thinking and behavior, [10] and flat or inappropriate affect. [7]

  3. Evolutionary approaches to schizophrenia - Wikipedia

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    The disadvantageous-byproduct view hypothesizes that schizophrenia started to occur when humans diverged from primates. According to this view, schizophrenia symptoms are extreme versions of normal social behaviors. [6] Symptoms of schizophrenia such as delusions are extreme versions of cognitive processes that can be greatly beneficial.

  4. Thought insertion - Wikipedia

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    A person with this delusional belief is convinced of the veracity of their beliefs and is unwilling to accept such diagnosis. [6] Thought insertion is a common symptom of psychosis and occurs in many mental disorders and other medical conditions. [1] However, thought insertion is most commonly associated with schizophrenia.

  5. Delusion - Wikipedia

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    A delusion [a] is a false fixed belief that is not amenable to change in light of conflicting evidence. [2] As a pathology, it is distinct from a belief based on false or incomplete information, confabulation, dogma, illusion, hallucination, or some other misleading effects of perception, as individuals with those beliefs are able to change or readjust their beliefs upon reviewing the evidence.

  6. On the Origin of the "Influencing Machine" in Schizophrenia

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    The article describes Tausk's observations and interpretations of several persecutory delusions that plagued some of his patients who had been diagnosed with schizophrenia. They believed their thoughts and bodily sensations were controlled by a machine that defied their technical comprehension and secretly influenced them from a distance, often ...

  7. How One Woman Describes Living With Schizophrenia - AOL

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    Michelle Hammer wants you to know schizophrenia. "I go, 'listen, no couches were harmed in the making of this video.'… People with schizophrenia can have a job or actually speak to people or can ...

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