Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a severe, complex and debilitating mental illness that affects many aspects of everyday functioning, including changes in how people function socially, intellectually and in their day-to-day, real-world activities where changes are often noticed before the first episode of illness. ^{1, 2, 3}
For schizophrenia to be diagnosed, there need to be continuous signs of a disturbance for at least six months, which include at least one month where two or more the following symptoms are observed: ^{4, 5}