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Could someone please tell me in PLAIN ENGLISH what exactly schizophrenia is? |
Could someone please tell me in PLAIN ENGLISH what exactly schizophrenia is? Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe, and disabling brain disease. Approximately 1 percent of the population develops schizophrenia during their lifetime 鈥?more than 2 million Americans suffer from the illness in a given year. Although schizophrenia affects men and women with equal frequency, the disorder often appears earlier in men, usually in the late teens or early twenties, than in women, who are generally affected in the twenties to early thirties. People with schizophrenia often suffer terrifying symptoms such as hearing internal voices not heard by others, or believing that other people are reading their minds, controlling their thoughts, or plotting to harm them. These symptoms may leave them fearful and withdrawn. Their speech and behavior can be so disorganized that they may be incomprehensible or frightening to others. Available treatments can relieve many symptoms, but most people with schizophrenia continue to suffer some symptoms throughout their lives; it has been estimated that no more than one in five individuals recovers completely. This is a time of hope for people with schizophrenia and their families. Research is gradually leading to new and safer medications and unraveling the complex causes of the disease. Scientists are using many approaches from the study of molecular genetics to the study of populations to learn about schizophrenia. Methods of imaging the brain鈥檚 structure and function hold the promise of new insights into the disorder. Source(s): http://www.schizophrenia.com/ two separate people in one body It means having multiple personalities. The fear of all fears where beliveing they are all directed at you and/or after you. Isn't it a mental disorder in which the person hallucinates and sees things that aren't there? It usually causes the person, or people around them, harm. why |
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