"SCHIZ-O-PHRE-NI-A, n. Any of a group of psychotic reactions characterized by withdrawal from reality with highly variable affective, behavioral and intellectual disturbances" (Long, www.mentalheath.com) Schizophrenia is the word for a group of mental illnesses marked by a multitude of symptoms. Literally, the term means "split mind" but, though many people think it, schizophrenia is not multiple personalities. It is generally thought of as the classic case of insanity. When most people think of …
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…is one or one hundred different disorders and a cure have yet to be found. "For the legions of suffering schizophrenics, that day cannot come too soon." (Nichols, 13) Bibliography "Schizophrenia." Internet Mental Health. Online. World Wide Web (www.mentalhealth.com). 12 March 1997. Young, Patrick. Schizophrenia. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1988. Nichols, Mark. "Schizophrenia: Hidden Torment." Macleans's Magazine. 30 Jan., 1995. Andreasen, Nancy C. "Schizophrenia." Lancet. 19 Aug. 1995: 477. "Schizophrenia." Funk and Wagnalls New Encyclopedia. 1990 ed. This term paper is property