Schizophrenia is a mental disorder described as a specific style of thinking. Individuals who have been diagnosed with schizophrenia, schizoids, have tendencies to blend or merge together usually distinct characteristics of experience in a troubled and conflicted manner. To diagnose a person as schizophrenic several key symptoms medical personnel look for. The person often experiences bizarre delusions, such as being controlled by an outside force. Grandiose or religious delusions, such as believing that they are …showed first 75 words of 655 total…

…showed last 75 words of 655 total…difficult to care for a schizoid. Many people who suffer from schizophrenia, as well as their family and friends, try to hide the illness; therefore they often do not get the help they need in the early stages. Mental illness has a stigma attached to it in our society, yet it is quite common. In fact one in every hundred people either suffer from schizophrenia themselves or has a family member who does. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**