One percent of the world's population ( 2.2 million people ) will develop schizophrenia( Rashmi Nemade, Ph.D. & Mark Dobeck, Ph.D. "Schizophrenia Symptoms, Patterns And Statistics And Patterns." ). Schizophrenia is a serious mental disorder characterized by distortions in precipitations of reality, disorganized speech, and thinking, and also the functions with others. The disease is thought to be transmitted genetically and involves an imbalance in neurological chemicals due to the brain being abnormal. ( National Institute of Mental Health " Defining Schizophrenia ). In the research of schizophrenia, understanding the symptoms of the disease, treatment, and how the disease can affect a person's everyday life are very important aspects. There are many symptoms and theories to schizophrenia, it is known to run in families so it has always been thought that genes shed a huge light on the origins of the disease( The Economist …show more content…
A normal life such as life at school, work, and home can be affected by schizophrenia disease. The early signs of the disease would be a change in school and one's social life. When the disease begins it is not really obvious because people think that their children are misbehaving for attention and do not associate the behaviors with that of schizophrenia, because most of these symptoms occur during adolescence they are mistaken for normal teenage behavior, most of the symptoms that teens have may become full-blown as they become adults and in most cases it can interfere with their jobs and most often makes working impossible which can lead to them being joblessness and also homelessness, however there could be a time in a person's life where the symptoms ease down and their life can go back to normal with proper medication( Tracy, Natasha "Schizophrenia Symptoms and the Impact on Everyday