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[–] TimewornTraveler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

cant dx schizophrenia without more info. all we can identify is a few reported symptoms from a third party. the secret messages are called Loose Associations and that with the persistence of belief in the face of evidence to the contrary indicates a delusional belief, but those can occur in several psychotic disorders. for schizophrenia we'd at least need to confirm two out of three of bizarre motor activity, disorganized speech, and preferably some negative (withdrawing) symptoms like flat affect, avolition, etc

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Thought schizophrenia also needed an audio or visual hallucinatory component?

[–] TimewornTraveler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

nope! either/or. usually has both delusions and hallucinations but as long as there's at least one

and with minimal insights, they may not perceive the voices as hallucinations. to them it might be a broadcast or just a noise or something

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Well there goes my Psych 101 education from 35 years ago!

hey you were close, sounds like you remembered something