By: Jessica Williams. Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe and disabling brain disorder. ...

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SCHIZOPHRENIA By: Jessica Williams

DEFINE Schizophrenia is a chronic,

severe and disabling brain disorder.

Schizophrenia usually begins in early adulthood around the age of 18 for men and 25 for women.

TREATMENTS

Schizophrenia can never be fully be cured but it can be treated with medication called antipsychotics.Antipsychotics medicines have many affects

such as calming, reducing but can take up to 4 weeks for the medications to work.

SYMPTOMS Delusions Illusions Paranoid Disorganized Speech Bad people skills

STATS Teens with schizophrenia have a 50%

chance of committed suicide. The estimated number of U.S citizens

with Schizophrenia is over 2.2 million.