Schneider's First Rank Symptoms
A group of psychotic symptoms, at least one of which is usually seen in a patient with Schizophrenia
Specific types of auditory hallucinations
- Hearing their thoughts being repeated aloud
- 3rd person auditory hallucinations- a running commentary on their actions, or voices arguing about them
Delusions about thought alienation
- Thought withdrawal - their thoughts are being taken from their head by some external force or person
- Thought insertion - that thoughts are being inserted into their heads by some external force or person
- Thought broadcasting - that their thoughts are being read and broadcast to others
Passivity phenomena
- Delusions that their thoughts, feelings, or impulses are driven by some external force or person
Somatic passivity
- A delusion that some external force is causing physical sensations (which may be hallucinations) in their body
Delusional perception
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A delusion which arises because of a completely unrelated happening in external reality e.g. "Three letters,
which is the number of the Holy Trinity, came through my letter box, and then I realized I was the son of God"
