Mental health articles

How to deal with How to deal with hearing voices? Questions to ask the family or friends • When did it start? This will tell you whether the illness is sudden, which would be a sign of mania or brief psychoses, or long-standing, which would suggest schizophrenia. • Have you noticed any odd behaviours? For […]

Hearing voices are not common. They are typically associated with severe mental disorders: • Schizophrenia. There will often be a long history of illness, usually more than six months. • Manic–depressive illness. Typically, there is a history of sudden onset and of similar episodes in the past. • Drug psychoses. These occur after intoxication with […]