Schizophrenia is a common mental disorder striking one percent or one in one hundred people worldwide. It knows no boundaries affecting people of all races, of all cultures, and of all social classes. The emergence of schizophrenia is more common between late adolescence or early adulthood. Men seem to develop the disease at a younger age then women. The disease is very complex and controversial, which explains the difficulty to produce a solid definition. One …
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