Other Websites you can find more information!!!

• http://nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/schizophrenia/index.shtml
• http://www.medicinenet.com/schizophrenia/article.htm
• http://www.webmd.com/schizophrenia/default.htm
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdDzoKloYXk

Interesting Facts :)

• About 150 out of every 100,000 people will develop schizophrenia.
• People with voices many times think the thoughts they are having are heard by government officials.
• There are many cases of paranoid schizophrenia but it is not the only type of schizophrenia there are many different types.

Work Cited

Lim, Jun. "Schizophrenia." Teen Health and Wellness: Real Life, Real Answers. 28 oct. 2008. Web. http://www.teenhealthandwellness.com/article/289/schizophrenia

www.schizophrenia.com

Donations

There are many places that you can donate to the research of Schizophrenia. You can help discover new cures and help people around the world with this money. posted below are some links to pages that you can donate money for schizophrenia.

http://www.schizophrenia.com/donate_vol.html

http://www.imhro.org/component/option,com_dtdonate/Itemid,34/lang,en/task,authorizenetonce/

There are also many other websites you can find that donate to different areas of schizophrenia.

Can it be cured???

There are many different medications people can take for this disorder, in some cases all of the symptoms may go away with the right medications but it wont go completely away you still have to continue taking the medications. With the medications there are many symptoms of using the medications. There is also therapy that people can get that helps with the symptoms also and that may get rid of them all together. But if you have had schizophrenia you are more susceptible to getting it again. It is very hard to control because many people forget to take their medications, many people who would rather self medicate, some people think that it is gone and they stop taking their medications. I think that schizophrenia would be very difficult to keep under control because there are so many factors of things that could go wrong in the process.

What is the cause of Schizophrenia?

Researchers have agreed that schizophrenia is caused by a mixture of the persons genetics and the person's environmental settings. If schizophrenia runs in your family you may have a chance of getting it yourself. Although you cant do anything to change your genetics you can change some things in your life as a teenager; like not using street drugs, moderating amounts of alcohol, develop social skills as much as possible, avoid social isolation, keep social connections with adults, learn to look at the world positively, find ways to deal with stress and anxiety in a good way. Get professional help if needed.

Symptoms

Early symptoms are sometimes hard for families to find in their family members. Many things are very similar to depression. The person may lose a lot of weight very quickly. The person may also sleep either a lot more or a lot less than they normally do, they also may withdraw from social events even with their family and friends. They may have troubles concentrating like in school or during work.

The later symptoms are very obvious to the person and people that are around them. The person will probably suffer from hallucinations, they may be delusional; they may see things that are not there as if the person were on hallucinogenic drugs but in fact they are not. They may have bizarre thoughts and may have inappropriate actions. Confused speech, attention or memory problems and may be lacking contact with reality.
Many people who do drugs like LSD(acid), mushrooms, ecstasy, or things that may make you hallucinate may have some of these symptoms and may eventually develop schizophrenia.
Symptoms usually first show up at different times but it is usually around late teenage to early adult ages. Even though anyone can get schizophrenia it usually develops more quickly in men than in women. It is not a rare disease in fact about one in every one hundred people get this and about 24 million people have it around the world.