The impact of schizophrenia

The Impact of Schizophrenia

“Schizophrenia is a cruel disease. The lives of those affected are often chronicles of constricted experiences, muted emotions, missed opportunities, unfulfilled expectations. It leads to a twilight existence, a twentieth-century underground man… It is in fact the single biggest blemish on the face of contemporary American medicine and social services; when the social history of our era is written, the plight of persons with schizophrenia will be recorded as having been a national scandal.”

E. Fuller Torrey, M.D., “Surviving Schizophrenia” “

The impact that schizophrenia has on the individual with the illness, and his/her family, friends, relatives, is huge. Life will not be the same, however it does not become corrupt, or unmanageable. It’s hard to understand what the individual is going through, but with family and friend’s support, life can be made a lot easier.

The Impact on the Individual with Schizophrenia

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