Schizophrenia is a noun, so you use it as you would any other noun (when it is appropriate).
Example:
Joe developed schizophrenia last spring.
1. Schizophrenia is a mental health issue. 2. 2.2 million people in the USA have schizophrenia. 3. If you have schizophrenia, you probably have both negative and positive symptoms. 4. Contrary to popular belief, schizophrenia does not make people violent. 5. Schizophrenia is a separate disease from multiple personality disorder.
The fact that the majority of those who develop schizophrenia do not have a first- or second-degree relative with schizophrenia.
Hallucinogenic drugs mimic schizophrenia, and it believed that prolonged use of some of them may cause continuing symptoms.
Most people with schizophrenia are not violent. However, if the person with schizophrenia has a history of violence, it may not be safe to be around them. Schizophrenics who use drugs are also more likely than others to be violent.
"Negative" symptoms (of paranoid schizophrenia) such as blunting of affect and impaired volition are often present but do not dominate the clinical picture
Schizophrenia is a chronic disease which, at present, is treatable but not curable. Treatment includes antipsychotic drugs and behavioral therapy.
Yes. Schizophrenia is partly genetic, meaning that if you have a relative with schizophrenia you are likely to also have schizophrenia. About 1/10 of people with a relative with schizophrenia develop schizophrenia, compared to 1/100 people without a relative with schizophrenia.
People with schizophrenia usually have normal cognitive function at the beginning of the course of schizophrenia.
Residual schizophrenia is caused by a partial recovery from schizophrenia. For an explanation of what causes schizophrenia, please see the related question.
Teenagers and young adults are most likely to get schizophrenia. Women with schizophrenia are more likely to have less severe schizophrenia and have paranoid schizophrenia, as well as developing schizophrenia at an average age of 25; men have a more severe course, with higher rates of disorganized and catatonic schizophrenia as well as developing schizophrenia at the average age of 18.
Schizophrenia is on Axis I.
Catatonic schizophrenia.