Many people with schizophrenia experience psychosis: hallucinations, delusions, paranoia, or even catatonia. However, symptoms can vary wildly among patients in their presentation and severity. For some, the disease is only a small setback in an otherwise fully functional life.

Like autism, schizophrenia is diagnosed based on symptoms alone. “Schizophrenia may represent a common clinical syndrome that most likely represents many different diseases,” explained neuroscience expert Stuart C. Sealfon M.D., Chairman of Neurology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, in an interview with Healthline.........(clink link for full article).

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