Schizophrenia?

Does anyone know someone diagnosed with schizophrenia who was eventually cured? Are these people able to function in the outside world or end up spending most of their lives in mental hospitals? Thanks for any replies.

I don't believe there is a cure.

I do think that some of these people can lead somewhat normal lives with proper care (meds & psychotherapy).

Some take medicine and live somewhat productive lives.
go to medicinenet.com---it will give you information--yes they can function in the out side world with medication as long as they take it on a daily basis---
As a healthcare provider I can tell you that this is not an illness that we are able to cure at this point. If medications are taken as prescribed and regular doctor's appointments are kept, people with this illness can live an average, everyday life. It also depends on the severity of the illness...alot of times determined by the illness to begin with and also how long (or how many times) it went untreated. Additionally, due to the way the mental healthcare system has been cut....few to none ever spend their lives in a mental hospital. Unfortunately, alot of the ones who need the kind of help are now out on the streets, living hand to mouth without medications and homes.
I have one very close friend who has schizophrenia, I have known her for 6 years and she is frequently in the hospital with terrible hallucinations and voices. It is so very sad. It is not something they can control at will. There is actually something wrong in the brain. So sorry to say even though they try to control it I am afraid the outcome is usually grim.
Though there is no cure, with medication and treatments, studies have shown around a quarter (25%) have been symptom free and were able to resume normal living. Not to say that the other 75% are hopeless, but they have had varying degrees of success. I don't like to put hard numbers - it really depends on your treatment, your social support and the environment you are in. That's more important than numbers.
Also, it is evident from studies that those with abrupt-onset symptoms of schizophrenia are more likely to fully recover than those with gradual-onset symptoms.
I do. Of course you have to define "cured". Is it a "cure" if the person has to continue taking medicine the rest of his life? Or does "cure" mean they are normal without the need for any medicine. I know a man who is as normal as anyone else but he continues to take medicine. He was schizophrenic for quite a long time and at the time he wanted to kill his parents. Now he has a normally good relationship with them. A lady I met was in the hospital for months because of schizophrenia and now she leads a normal life with a good job and friends, her schizophrenia was many years ago now. The question here is, Would she have gotten better anyway even without being in the hospital all those months. I knew an older lady, since deceased, who led a normal life and marriage, except she suffered from anxiety which was helped with medicine, but she took none of the medicines used to treat schizophrenia. She kept to herself a delusion she had about her parish priest. She had a number of hospitalizations long before she died, but then none for maybe forty years. Is that a "cure"? Especially when there are many "normal" people walking around who have what I would consider unrealistic beliefs. There's another word which has to be defined, "normal", before you can talk about "cure" if that word is defined as 'returned to normal'.

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