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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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There are also some cases which suggest that the disease is caused by damage to the brain during early childhood or even in the womb. one’s thoughts are spoken aloud, auditory hallucinations in which two voices are arguing, hallucinations of touch, withdrawal of thoughts, insertion of thoughts, insertion of feelings by others, insertion of irresistible impulses, feeling that one’s actions are controlled by others, delusions of perception, and auditory hallucinations with voices commenting on o!
ne’s actions. The fact that schizophrenia runs in the family has been proven beyond doubt. However, in between these episodes, the patient can feel completely normal and well. Once it strikes, morbidity and mortality become high. S!
adly enough, recent studies have shown that by the year 2025, mental illnesses will be the world’s biggest killers. Research, treatment, and family and friend organizations provide rays of hope to patients with this cruel disease.
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