Andrew Schizophrenia Schizophrenia is one of the most well-known and notorious mental diseases around. Although scientists know quite a bit about this debilitating disease there is still much more to be discovered. Some of the mysteries of schizophrenia include definite causes, characterized symptoms and a cure. In the late 1800¹s, the German psychiatrist, Emil Kraeplin, had come across a new mental disease. He dubbed it ³demetis praecox² which roughly meant ³teenage mind deterioration². It was …showed first 75 words of 653 total…

…showed last 75 words of 653 total…community has developed anti-psychotic medication which reduces symptoms so people can live their lives (somewhat) normally. (Grolier) Whether schizophrenia is genetic or environmental, or a combination of many factors, one thing is for certain: people with this disease are prisoners of their own mind. With so many questions yet to be answered, the only thing to do for these people is give them the medication that escapes them from the hell known as their brain.