Schizophrenia is often thought of as a mental illness in which those effected have a split personality or multiple personalities. It is also commonly thought that schizophrenics are psychotic. These common beliefs however are false. Schizophrenia, a disease of the brain, is one of the most disabling and emotionally devastating illnesses known to man. But because it has been misunderstood for so long, it has received relatively little attention and its victims have been unfairly mistreated. Like cancer and diabetes, schizophrenia has a biological basis. …
