Table 3.
Distribution of the interviewees who considered a symptom presented to be a main, an additional, or no symptom of schizophrenia (N = 222–225); only the first 5 symptoms are part of the diagnostic criteria of schizophrenia
| Main Sy.1 (%) | Additional Sy.2 (%) | False Sy.3 (%) | |
| Auditory hallucinations | 158 (70.5%) | 58 (25.9%) | 8 (3.6%) |
| Feelings or actions experience as made or influenced by external agents4 | 111 (49.6%) | 93 (41.5%) | 20 (8.9%) |
| Delusions | 107 (47.8%) | 95 (42.4%) | 22 (9.8%) |
| Delusions of control | 53 (23.8%) | 104 (46.6%) | 66 (29.6%) |
| Hallucinations of taste | 42 (18.8%) | 110 (49.1%) | 72 (32.1%) |
| Increased prevalence of allergies | 2 (0.9%) | 33 (14.7%) | 189 (84.4%) |
| Agoraphobia with panic attacks | 12 (5.3%) | 74 (32.9%) | 139 (61.8%) |
| Recklessly money spending in combination with grandiosity | 21 (9.5%) | 91 (41.0%) | 110 (49.5%) |
| Both sex have an increased readiness for violence during and outside of illness episodes | 17 (7.7%) | 127 (57.2%) | 78 (35.1%) |
| Split personality | 144 (64.3%) | 53 (23.7%) | 27 (12.1%) |
1 Main symptoms: respondents who considered the variables to be a main symptom of schizophrenia
2 Additional symptoms: respondents who considered the variables to be an additional symptom of schizophrenia
3 False symptoms: respondents who considered the variables not to be a symptom of schizophrenia
4 The so-called "Gefühl des Gemachten"