Schizophrenia- Severe disorders on which there are disturbances of thoughts, communications, and emotions, including delusions and hallucinations. (Psychology: An Introduction,Charles D. Morris with Albert A. Maisto) It's quite horrendous. First of all, you've got somebody that you love, a child that you've raised. And then suddenly, the child becomes a crazy person. Better drugs and new ways of treating schizophrenia are enabling more of the disease's victims to live in society instead of institutions, …showed first 75 words of 1006 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1006 total…are capable of making sound decisions about their own treatment. Negative symptoms in schizophrenia are highly relevant for treatment and outcome, yet their nature(diminishment or loss of normal psychological and social functioning) makes them difficult to assess reliably, even using standardized instruments. Shizophrenia is an incurable disease which have been in part to blame for homelessness, violence, broken lives, and death. Although there is no cure, there is medication to temporarily suppress the symptoms.