Schizophrenia

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no release, no parole, no time off for good behavior. Despite it’s being a common disease, Schizophrenia is unknown to most people. A remarkable number of people do not even know what Schizophrenia is.
It is only ignorance, which keeps people with Schizophrenia in the closet. ( E. Fuller Torrey, M.D.) Schizophrenia is a brain disease, now defiantly known to be such. It is a real scientific and biological. It is a real scientific and biological entity, as clearly as diabetes, multiple sclerosis, and cancer are scientific and biological entities. ( E. Fuller Torrey, M.D.) Symptoms include impairment in thinking; delusions, hallucinations, changes in emotions, and changes in behavior. ( E. Fuller Torrey, M.D.) In reality only a small fraction of people with Schizophrenia are dangerous, and then usually because their illness has not been treated or they refused treatment. It is unfortunate that it is these isolated episodes of violence that force our attention onto seriously mentally ill.( E. Fuller Torrey, M.D.) Most individuals of this ...