==Society and culture==In 2002 the term for schizophrenia in Japan was changed from "Seishin-Bunretsu-Byō" 精神分裂病 (mind-split-disease) to "Tōgō-shitchō-shō" 統合失調症 (integration disorder) to reduce stigma.
Po raziskavi diagnoz v ZDA in Veliki Britaniji leta 1971 je postalo jasno, da se shizofrenijo v ZDA diagnosticira veliko pogosteje kot v Evropi.