Schizophrenia is a brain disorder that affects 1% people from all over the world. It is not linked by sex, age or breed.

What schizophrenia is not

People with schizophrenia aren't witches as they were considered in antiquity, and isn't either linked with split personality or multiple personality.

What schizophrenia is

Is a mental illness with multiple symptoms that are difficult to distinguish from another psychotic disorders. Patients with schizophrenia present delusions, hallucinations, bizarre behavior, withdrawal from society lack of interest in life and people around, etc.

What causes schizophrenia.

Difference in brain chemistry, such as imbalances of: certain proteins, specific amino acids, specific neurotransmitters; difference in brain structure, difference in brain circuitry , genetic factors, developmental factors, such as: prenatal exposure to a viral infection , exposure to a virus during infancy , early parental loss or separation, hormonal changes that affect the brain's chemistry and serve as a trigger, environmental stress might be causes of schizophrenia.

Can schizophrenia be treated.

In present is no cure for schizophrenia. But medication for schizophrenia is developing with every day that is passing by. If the first medication that appeared, called the classic antipsychotics, have many side effects, the new generation of antipsychotics have fewer side effects and treat well the symptoms. Patients with schizophrenia under a right treatment can live in present almost a normal life.

What happens to people with schizophrenia.

In present people with schizophrenia need no more to be treated in special hospitals, but they must respect the treatment that are given, otherwise the ill can develop and the symptoms are very annoying.

How big a problem is schizophrenia.

Schizophrenia is a major problem of ours times because it affects a big number of people, have many symptoms and need a special and complex treatment.