A schizo patient can’t differentiate between ideas and thoughts from reality. As a result, they may believe in supernatural beings like ghosts. Schizo is a mental disorder with symptoms of hallucinations, delusions, muddled thoughts, and other behavioral anomalies.
Schizo typically occurs earlier in men (late adolescence to early twenties) than in women (late twenties). About 0.3–0.7% of the adult population has schizo. Its risk factors include being male, pregnancy/birth complications, high parental age, early traumatic life events, and social isolation.
But none of these factors fully explain or are specific for schizo. Birth complications and early traumatic life events are also risk factors for borderline personality or anxiety disorders, for instance.