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20 Years
01/04/2021

What are the early warning signs of psychosis?

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Dr Mubarak Parveez B

General Practitioner

MBBS
2+ Yrs

A person will show change in behavior before development of psychosis and early warning signs are as follows - major drop in study grade or job performance, sucpiciousness or paranoid ideas, social withdrawal, prefers to spend time alone, unusual overly intense new ideas or strange feelings or having no feelings at all, decline in personal hygiene or self care, difficulty to differentiate reallity and fantasy, confused speech or trouble communicating.

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