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1
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what are delusions?

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believing things that aren’t true

2
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delusions of grandeur

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where they believe they’re more important than they are

3
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paranoia/persecution

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where they believe people are out to get them

4
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delusions of control

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they believe their behaviour is being controlled by somebody else

5
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thought insertion

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where somebody feels that thoughts are being put into their head

6
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thought withdrawal

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is when they believe that someone is removing their thoughts

7
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as well as delusions, schizophrenics can also suffer from…

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language impairments

8
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cognitive distractilibity

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where they can’t maintain a train of thought

9
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echolalia

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repeat sounds that others say

10
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word salad

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speak nonsense or gibberish

11
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clang associations

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speak in nonsensical rhymes

12
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speach poverty

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give very brief replies in conversations and show no extra, spontaneous speech

13
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neologism

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inventing words