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Suggest Treatment For Mental Illusions

One of my friends dad experiencing some non existing things. He keep saying that people are coming to kill him and he is saying that he could see them, but at the same normal person can't see any such people. Please help me with the what must have been happened to him and how to cure it?
Mon, 7 Jul 2014
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Hi dear,
having symptoms like someone comes to kill and seeing people is due to psychotic illness mostly schizophrenia.
but for diagnosis detail history is needed.
since when you have such features?
is there any underlying medical illness?
is there any substance addiction by you?
family history any?
past history any?
consult psychiatrist.
Thank you
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Suggest Treatment For Mental Illusions

Hi dear, having symptoms like someone comes to kill and seeing people is due to psychotic illness mostly schizophrenia. but for diagnosis detail history is needed. since when you have such features? is there any underlying medical illness? is there any substance addiction by you? family history any? past history any? consult psychiatrist. Thank you