What is the definition of schizophrenia?

Last year, a federal jury awarded $6.5 million to the family of Johnathan Rose, a man with schizophrenia who was shot and killed in his home by a Sacramento County sheriff’s deputy who had been called by Rose’s parents to help their agitated son. read more

latent schizophrenia older term for a type of schizophrenia characterized by clear symptoms of schizophrenia but no history of a psychotic schizophrenic episode; it includes conditions that have been called incipient, prepsychotic, prodromal, pseudoneurotic, and pseudopsychopathic schizophrenia. read more

Schizophrenia is a chronic and severe mental disorder that affects how a person thinks, feels, and behaves. People with schizophrenia may seem like they have lost touch with reality. Although schizophrenia is not as common as other mental disorders, the symptoms can be very disabling. read more