schizophrenia. The symptoms may appear in a person during adolescence or early adulthood. At first, the actions of the individual may be confusing and shocking as the persons behavior begins to change. However, a person may also act perfectly normal while experiencing the symptoms of the disease. Most of these symptoms can be classified into four categories; positive, negative, cognitive and affective. Symptoms in the positive category refer to a distortion in normal functions whereas symptoms in the negative category refer to a diminution or loss of normal functions. Cognitive symptoms deal with aspects such as awareness, perception, reasoning, and judgment. Affective symptoms refer to the individual's mood.
             The following symptoms may occur in a noticeable way in the individual's work place, personal relationships, and in their personal hygiene. Some symptoms that a schizophrenic may experience are delusions or hallucinations. A delusion is a false belief of something. An example of a delusion given from the E Medicine and Health website is an individual may listen to a radio and believe the radio is giving a coded message about an impending extraterrestrial invasion. All of the other individuals who listen to the same radio progr
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