Mental Health Info. This information is also available in other languages. Please click on the language you prefer See below for a guide. In summary psychosis is mainly characterised by lack of insight in behaviour and speech that is objectively held as bizarre. This label has been subject to a great deal of abuse.
Some people confuse it with split personality.
As we shall see later these symptoms can also appear in the other illnesses. These beliefs can be so debilitating that they can lead to neglect and self-harm and possibly injuring others. Most audio hallucinations subjectively take place within the person's head, but sometimes the person can feel that it is taking place in real space. An interesting footnote to hearing voices is that this symptom in itself should not be seen as a sign of schizophrenia. Visual hallucinations are rare and tend to occur more in the organic disorders and with drug alcohol abuse.