Characteristics of what diagnosis have symptoms that include variable onset, variable course, no reversibility, poor attention, usually auditory hallucinations, and frequent complex often paranoid delusions?

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The symptoms described are characteristic of schizophrenia. Delirium has a rapid onset, fluctuating course, and can be reversible. Dementia is a gradual onset, progressive decline in cognitive function. Depression has no auditory hallucination and the delusions are less complex and less likely to be paranoid in nature.

Characteristics of What Diagnosis Have Symptoms That Include Variable Onset