Schizophrenia is probably the most serious mental illness recognized in the ICD (International Standard Classification of Diseases, Injures and Causes of Death). It is a disorder that causes the personality to lose its unity and occurs when thoughts and feelings become split from one another, causing bizarre and often unsociable behaviour. The cause of schizophrenia has long been argued although there is evidence to suggest that there is a genetic/biological link and also a social/psychological link to the causes of schizophrenia. However, it is difficult to separate the two and would appear that a combination of both could contribute to the diagnosis of schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia causes the sufferer to experience a variety of experiences and thoughts, these can include passivity experiences and thought disturbances where an individual believes that thoughts are being inserted into their minds from external sources, such as the Government or aliens. …
