Facts that you need to know about schizophrenia...

1) Schizophrenia usually begins before the age 45, although it begins in young adulthood, there are cases which the disorder begins later (over 45years).

% of  Schizophrenia

 2) Schizophrenia can affect 1% of people worldwide. 

 3) Occur equal rates among men and women, however, males tend to account for more than half of patients in services with high number of young adults. 

 4) Childhood onset schizophrenia begins after the age of 5, after normal development.

 5) Childhood schizophrenia is rare and difficult to identify from other developmental disorders such as autism.

 6) Genetics factors play a big role for the cause of schizophrenia. 

 7) Some psychiatrists prefer to address person with schizophrenia as a group or family of disorders (“the schizophrenias”) rather than as single entity.

 8) The onset of symptoms may be either abrupt (sudden) or insidious (gradual).

 9) Unable to detect for about 2 to 3 years after the onset of diagnosable symptoms, due to the symptoms occur such as panic attacks, social phobia and others which complicate the process of diagnosis.

 10) Patient’s first psychotic episode shows the warning phase, with variety abnormal behaviors for example, angry outburst, withdrawal from social activities, loss of attention to personal hygiene and grooming, loss of capacity of enjoyment and others.

 11) Most common form of hallucination in schizophrenia is auditory which is ‘hearing voices’. 

 12) Patients find difficult to concentrate on work or social activites because of the constant ‘buzz’ of hallucinated voices. 

 13) According NIMH statistics; 20% of patient with schizophrenia recovered the full level of functioning that they had before the onset disorder.



 14) 80% have problems reintegrate with society, difficulty forming relationship with others.

 15) Majority (60%-70%) of patients with schizophrenia do not marry or have children, have very few friends or social contacts.

 16) The impact of the difficulties in social interaction as well as stress caused by symptoms themselves, suicide rate among schizophrenia’s patients were high.