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Schizophrenia
What is Schizophrenia?
- Schizophrenia is a severe, chronic disabling disease of the brain
- Approximately 1% of the American population develops schizophrenia
- More then 2 million Americans suffer from the illness every year
- Begins in the late teenage years or early adulthood and tend to occur in withdrawn, seclusive individuals