How Common is Schizophrenia in Children?
What is schizophrenia? Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by a breakdown of thought processes and by poor emotional responsiveness. Schizophrenia, also sometimes colloquially called split personality disorder, is a chronic, severe, debilitating mental illness that affects about 1% of the population, corresponding to more than 2 million people in the United States alone. Other…
