Schizophrenia
There are many psychological disorders and diseases that affect today’s families. One particular disease is schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is quite common in mental hospitals, however, until recently, the disease was a mystery to the medical society. Although it is a cruel disease, there are rays of hope, such as, research, treatment, and the organizations of families and friends. Along with being a mystery to the medical community, schizophrenia is also a mystery to society in general. Few people are familiar with the disease in detail. Researchers are now working toward making everyone aware of the disease. What exactly is schizophrenia? That’s a question few people can answer in great detail. Most would simply answer that it was a disease in which a person had “two personalities.” Schizophrenia is a brain disease that tends to run in families. Family members have a 10 percent chance of getting the disease. According to researchers, schizophrenia is a combination of more than one disease. There is no way in which schizophrenia can be reliably measured. There is, however, a proposed list of symptoms which point strongly toward schizophrenia as the diagnosis. Some of the symptoms are: auditory hallucinations where
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Approximate Word count = 1069
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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