Schizophrenia is a devastating illness that affects one percent of the American population.
Not all of these symptoms are present in everyone with the illness. A number of new antipsychotic medications have been developed that treat these symptoms effectively. We are one of a number of sites in an international study that is comparing new with old antipsychotic medications. The brain is the most complex machine in the universe. How it generates our thoughts, emotions, and behaviors is a great mystery.