Schizophrenia is a set of disorders with a multitude of symptoms. It includes cognitive symptoms such as hallucinations, delusions, disturbed thought processes, and flooding (stimulus overload). (Holmes, 1997) It may also involve mood and motor symptoms, and there is an ongoing debate on whether somatic symptoms are involved. Hallucinations are perceptions or experiences that are a distortion of reality. Hallucinations are the symptoms most associated with schizophrenia. Delusions are very similar to hallucinations and are also very often associated with schizophrenia. Delusions are erroneous beliefs that a patient adheres to even though there is significant evidence to the contrary. (Holmes, 1997) There are five types of schizophrenia; disorganized (psychological disorganization, subjects are often incoherent and have difficulties with speech), catatonic (psychomotor disturbance, the subjects are normally mute and their bodies are stuck in rigid states), paranoid (delusion!
             s of persecution and grandiosity), undifferentiated (individuals that cannot be placed into any category), and residual (individuals with at least one schizophrenic episode in the past and show other signs). (Holmes, 1997) With all of these types there are four main phases that a person with schizophrenia go through. The first phase is the prodromal phase during which the symptoms are just starting to be recognized. Secondly is the active phase, when the symptoms are clear-cut and predominant. The residual phase is very much like the prodromal phase when symptoms are not absolutely clear again. The final phase is often called the burnout phase, where the patient shows a deterioration of social skills.
             Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that is often associated with hallucinations. When suffering from this disorder the subject often remains socially distant from others and usually is solitary. Individuals that suffer from schizophrenia have
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