Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a disabling disease of the brain that in many ways could appear as the most severe and mind controlling of all mental illnesses. "Approximately 1 percent of the population develops schizophrenia during their lifetime - more than 2 million Americans suffer from the illness in a given year" (Schizophrenia). Schizophrenia has terrifying symptoms that can give the patients "crazy" attributes. Location of the illness is not specific to one area, the disease is found all over the world because it is not activated by any environmental disturbances. It is triggered in relationship to the vulnerability caused by genes. As the brain is developing, something occurs because of the vulnerability and the disease is born. This is only a vague perception of what really causes the disease because other information is not yet available and that is why there are no ways to absolutely cure it. There is an interesting history behind the evolution of schizophrenia, and there are also multiple theories of why it occurs in certain people's minds and not others.…