MYTHS & FACTS

ABOUT
SCHIZOPHRENIA

(Novafly, 2017)

01 Schizophrenic is a
genetic disease.
Genes do play a role in
02 Patients with
Schizophrenia have
multiple personalities.
schizophrenia. However, having
Multiple personalities is not one of
parents or siblings with
the symptoms of schizophrenia.
schizophrenia may not cause you
Instead, it is the main symptom of
similar disease.
dissociative identity disorder. The
common symptoms of schizophrenia

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are delusions and hallucinations,
Schizophrenia is unable mostly auditory hallucinations.
to be treated Besides, patients with schizophrenia
often have lost touch with reality.
According to World Health
Organization (WHO), schizophrenia
is treatable even though it is

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considered to be very difficult. Patients with
Patients with Schizophrenia can
reach out for help from psychiatrist. schizophrenia are mostly
By having cognitive behavioral violent or dangerous.
therapy, patients will learn the way to
Patients with schizophrenia are
identify hallucination and reality and
actually victims of violence. The rate
thus symptoms will be reduced.
of being victimized is 14 times higher
Besides, antipsychotic medications
than being arrested as a perpetrator.
can reduce positive symptoms of
Besides, schizophrenia patients are
patients with schizophrenia. Study
likely to harm themselves by
also shows that low doses of
suiciding. The lifetime risk of suicide
Amisulpride can improve negative
of them is about 5%
symptoms of schizophrenia.
 Symptoms of
Schizophrenia is a serious mental health

Schizophrenia
condition. If the presence of symptoms last for
6 months , please reach out for help.

Delusion Disorganized behavior

·False belief that is ·Impariment of goal-
fixed directed activity
·Common symptom
of schizophrenia

Disorganized speech Hallucination

·Fail to express ·Mostly
thought content auditory
communicatively hallucination

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