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Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a physical disease of the brain. The term schizophrenia comes from Greek words meaning, "split mind." However, schizophrenia does not refer to a person with a split personality or multiple personality Many people relate it to Alzeihmers disease because of its slow progression. The history, facts, symptoms, treatment and causes of Schizophrenia are still being discovered today.
Schizophrenia is a neurodegenerative illness in some people, this means that it is a slow moving deterioration that’s gets worse as you get older. ... In some people Schizophrenia is a neurodevelopment disease. ... People with schizophrenia usually have short attention spans and abstract thinking. ...
The National Institute of Mental Health has estimated that schizophrenia costs the United States tens of billions of dollars each year in treatment, social services, and lost productivity. Approximately 1 percent of people develop schizophrenia at some time during their lives. Experts say that about 2 million people in the United States have schizophrenia. The prevalence of schizophrenia is the same regardless of gender, race, and culture.
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