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About Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a severe and debilitating psychosis often characterized by acute episodes of delusions (false beliefs that cannot be corrected by reason), hallucinations (usually in the form of non-existent voices) and long- term impairments such as diminished emotion, lack of interest and depressive signs and symptoms, such as hopelessness and suicidal thoughts.(1) It is usually associated with a disruption in social and family relationships. Schizophrenia is the most common severe mental illness. Twenty four million people suffer from schizophrenia worldwide. (2,3)
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(1) Weiden P, Scheifler P, Diamond R, et al. Breakthroughs in
Antipsychotic Medications. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1999.
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