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Visual hallucinations are not a very common symptom of schizophrenia, occurring in only 35% of adult-onset cases. The rate of occurrence is much higher in child-onset cases of schizophrenia, with around 80% of child-onset patients experiencing them. The development of visual hallucinations indicates a more severe form of the illness, this explains the higher prevalence in child-onset cases which tend to be more severe and treatment resistant than adult-onset cases. Manifestations of this symptom are highly variable between individual sufferers but can, for example, take the form of partially or fully formed objects like humans or animals, visual distortions such as heat wave patterns, or light distortions such as flashing lights. Continue reading “Symptom Breakdown: Visual Hallucinations”
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