Schizophrenia is a brain disease that affects thinking, perception and mood behavior.
1 in 100 Canadians have been diagnosed with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is presently incurable but, new atypical medications are now available, which raise the quality of life. Symptoms of schizophrenia usually begin in late adolescence and may last a lifetime. Schizophrenia is not a split-personality and not an emotional disorder. Schizophrenia is primarily thought to be genetic in origin.