Do schizophrenics have a gift or are they just plainly crazy? In some societies in the past people who saw "visions" or communicated with voices were thought of as holy or considered prophets. In other societies they are considered insane. But most people who experience visions and voices most definitely have a psychological disorder. The most common disorder to fit this description would be schizophrenia.
             In reality, schizophrenics are neither gifted nor "crazy." They are people, whose minds are filled with threatening and uncontrollable thoughts that live fearful and lonely lives. Schizophrenia is a brain disease, with concrete and specific symptoms due to physical and biochemical changes in the brain that is almost always treatable with regular use of medication. Without any treatment, most schizophrenics would lose touch with reality and get stuck in another world that's going on in their head forever.
             Researchers now agree that while they do not know what "causes" schizophrenia, many pieces of the puzzle are coming together and making it clearer. They also constantly consider the role a person's surroundings might play in either causing psychological disorders or triggering the symptoms.
             The best research shows that the individual is affected by a chemical imbalance of the brain. The chemical imbalance might not result any extraordinary problems until outside factors come into the person's life, like stress, which can set off the illness.
             Physical and chemical research was focused on many areas such as neurotransmitters. Neurotransmitters allow communication between the brain cells. They impulse between nerves and when there is a small amount, they can cause responses in nerves to be delayed, reduced, or mixed up. When researchers study neurotransmitters they try to understand how they are created and maintained, how they work, and what causes them to work improperly. For...