Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia
<Tab/>Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe, and disabling brain disease. Approximately 1
percent of the population develops schizophrenia during their lifetime. Although
schizophrenia affects men and women equally, the disorder often appears
earlier in men.
<Tab/>There is no known single cause of schizophrenia. Many diseases, such as heart
disease, result from a mix of genetic, behavioral, and other factors, and this may
be the case for schizophrenia as well. Schizophrenia runs in families, and if you are
directly related to a person with this disea…