Schizophrenia is:
A) another name for split personality
B) a term meaning "to hallucinate"
C) applied to a number of disturbances for lack of any other label
D) a psychosomatic disorder

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Schizophrenia is a psychiatric disorder characterized by abnormal thoughts, emotions, perception, and behavior. It is not synonymous with split personality (now called dissociative identity disorder) and does not solely involve hallucinations. It is not considered a psychosomatic disorder either. The term schizophrenia is used to describe a range of disturbances due to the lack of a more specific label.

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