Schizophrenia
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is a severe mental illness,which is most notable for its mixed thought patterns,and unpredictable disturbances in thinking.About one percent of the population is affected by this disease,and half of the inpatients in U.S. mental hospitals are schizophrenics.
Symptoms
Symptoms of include delusions ....
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.... of the "voices" these patients hear,are related to the patients emotional problems,while others are just jumbled messages.
Location and Occurrence
Schizophrenia occurs in all cities and countries.All social classes are affected,but in the larger cities schizophrenia is three to four times more common in the lower classes,than in the middle and upper classes.Doctors say this difference is due in part to the downward social status of people developing the disease."Schizo" occurs equall ....
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