Schizophrenia can be very distressing for the individual and their family and friends. Not only might the sufferer have to cope with frightening hallucinations and delusions, the negative symptoms can also have a disastrous effect on their personal relationships, social lives and career. They may have to encounter members of the public or even members [...]
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Psychiatry and Schizophrenia
Psychiatry can be described as a medical specialty that concentrates on the study and treatment and prevention of all mental disorders, including of course schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a chronic mental disorder characterised by hallucinations (seeing or feeling or hearing things that aren’t there) and delusions (believing in things are simply not true). A psychiatrist is [...]
