Neurology

Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a severe psychiatric condition in which individuals abnormally perceive reality. Any combination of hallucinations, delusions, and highly disordered thought and actions may result in schizophrenia that impairs everyday functioning and can be debilitating. People with schizophrenia need medication for a lifetime. Until major problems arise, early care may help get symptoms under control and can help boost the long-term outlook. A variety of difficulties with reasoning (cognition), actions and feelings are involved in schizophrenia. Signs and symptoms can differ, but they typically include delusions, hallucinations or disorganised speech, and indicate the ability to work impaired. Schizophrenia's ambiguity can help clarify why there are myths about the disorder. Schizophrenia does not involve multiple-personality or split personality. In the general population, most people with schizophrenia are not any more dangerous or aggressive than people. While limited community mental health services can contribute to homelessness and repeated hospitalizations, it is a myth that schizophrenic individuals end up becoming homeless or residing in hospitals. The majority of individuals with schizophrenia live with their families, either in group homes or on their own.

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