Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder characterized by delusions, hallucinations, incoherence and physical agitation. This category provides information about the signs, symptoms, and treatment of schizophrenia, as well as listings of web sites of support groups for this mental illness.
Recommended Resources
CNN’s Amazing Mind section of the disorder includes such things as causes, symptoms, risk factors, and treatments. Also contains a list of things to do before the first appointment for diagnosis.
http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/library/schizophrenia/DS00196.html
Provides details about the disorder, including symptoms, causes, preventions, and treatments, as well as a newsletter, and a plethora of resources.
http://www.schizophrenia.com/
A fairly in-depth article about schizophrenia which covers how the concept of the disorder evolved and other historic facts.
http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Schizophrenia
World Fellowship for Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders
WFSAD, the World Fellowship for Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders, is a non-profit organization with a mandate to increase knowledge and understanding schizophrenia, and other mental health diseases.
http://www.world-schizophrenia.org
