- Schizophrenia affects about 1.1% of the US adult population.
- Rates of schizophrenia are about the same to country to country.
- Schizophrenia ranks in the top 10 causes of disability in developed countries world wide.
- Schizophrenia means "split mind" instead of "split personality". The split refers to the split from reality.
- There are different types of schizophrenia (which will be the topic of my next blog).
- The average onset of schizophrenia in males are from late teens to early 20s and mid 20s early 30s for females.
- It is difficult to diagnose schizophrenia in children.
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=41430
http://psychcentral.com/lib/schizophrenia-fact-sheet/0001570
http://www.neomed.edu/academics/bestcenter/helpendstigma/myths-and-facts-about-schizophrenia
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