Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a psychiatric disorder denoting an often chronic, major mental illness primarily affecting thinking, with attendant difficulties in perception of reality, which in turn can affect behavior and emotion. The term schizophrenia comes from the Greek words σχίζω (schizo, split or divide) and φρενός (phrenos, mind) and can be translated as "shattered mind."

External links

• Schizophrenia and chronic mental illness overview - MayoClinic.com
• Schizophrenia brain fault may have been found
• Understanding Schizophrenia: A Mind Factsheet
• DSM-IV-TR Full diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia
• World Health Organisation data on schizophrenia from 'The World Health Report 2001. Mental Health: New Understanding, New Hope'
• Description of extrapyramidal side effects
• Schizophrenia in history
• Schizophrenia.com A non-profit making information site (pharmaceutical company sponsored)
• National Institute of Mental Health (USA) Schizophrenia information
• LONI: Laboratory of Neuro Imaging
• The current WHO definition of Schizophrenia
• A directory of free full-text articles on diagnosis and management of schizophrenia
• The fraud of "schizophrenia" from controversial Scientology based anti-psychiatry group CCHR.
• Schizophrenia by WebMD Official WebMD homepage