Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that affects how a person thinks, feels and acts. A person with schizophrenia has a hard time believing what is real and what isn't. The majority of people with this disorder are not violent nor dangerous. There is no exact cause of this illness, but scientists think that the environment and genetics have an impact on it. (WebMd) Symptoms usually come out when the person reaches their teenage years, but it can occur anywhere between 16-30 years of age. There is no specific gender in which this illness take splace, but men usually get this disease earlier than women do. Schizophrenia also rarely occurs in children, but there are cases where children are born with it. Only 1% of Americans have schizophrenia and in that 1%, 10% of people who have realitves with it, also have schizophrenia. As children, we inherit all types of genes from our parents. Some of these genes passed on are assosiated with schizophrenia, but scientist do not know the exact one. (WebMd) …show more content…
Symptoms of this disease are hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized speech. Sometimes these actions appear similar to those of depression, and need to get treated as soon as