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. 2015 Jan 25;2015(1):CD010653. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010653.pub2

1. Schneider First Rank Symptoms.

First rank symptom Definition Example
Auditory hallucinations Auditory perceptions with no cause.
These auditory hallucinations have to be of particular types:
 
hearing thoughts spoken aloud "I hear my thoughts outside my head."
hearing voices referring to himself/herself made in the third person "The first voice says 'He used that fork in an odd way' and then the second replies 'Yes, he did'".
auditory hallucinations in the form of a commentary "They say 'He is sitting down now talking to the psychiatrist'".
Thought withdrawal, insertion and interruption A person's thoughts are under control of an outside agency and can be removed, inserted (and felt to be alien to him/her) or interrupted by others. "My thoughts are fine except when Michael Jackson stops them."
Thought broadcasting As the person is thinking everyone is thinking in unison with him/her. "My thoughts filter out of my head and everyone can pick them up if they walk past."
Somatic hallucinations A hallucination involving the perception of a physical experience with the body "I feel them crawling over me."
Delusional perception A true perception, to which a person attributes a false meaning. A perfectly normal event such as the traffic lights turning red may be interpreted by the patient as meaning that Martians are about to land.
Feelings or actions experienced as made or influenced by external agents Where there is certainty that an action of the person or a feeling is caused not by themselves but by some others or other force. "The CIA controlled my arm."