Research into schizophrenia 

My group decided that it would be more effective if we had research on schizophrenia  before we had the role of the main character played. This was important to us because we didn't want to offend our audience by playing the role in an unsympathetic way and we also wanted to raise awareness for this mental illness. After doing some research I discovered that There are five types of symptoms characteristic of schizophrenia: delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, disorganized behavior, and the so-called “negative” symptoms. However, the symptoms of schizophrenia vary dramatically from person to person, both in pattern and severity.We decided to focus on the delusions aspect of our film. Highlighting the fact that our main character was intact hallucinating and because of this believed someone was following her. I  did some research on the following page; https://www.livingwithschizophreniauk.org/advice-sheets/schizophrenia-and-dangerous-behaviour/
-In an ideal world the patient would be interviewed by the doctor and would describe their experiences fully and in detail and the doctor would be able to make a diagnosis there and then. However, reality is often very different. Sometimes if the patient is suffering from paranoid thoughts they may be suspicious of the doctor or they may be under great pressure from their psychotic thoughts to cover things up rather than tell the doctor everything. This is not their fault it is simply another cruel feature of this illness. 

By Naomi