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 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. According to studies, at least 75 percent of schizophrenic patients have one or more of these symptoms. However, diagnosis can only take place when the following standards have been met: illness symptoms lasting for at least six months, deterioration in everyday function, disease began before the ...