Schizophrenia- Severe disorders on which there are disturbances of thoughts,
communications, and emotions, including delusions and hallucinations.
(Psychology: An Introduction,Charles D. Morris with Albert A. Maisto) It's
quite horrendous. First of all, you've got somebody that you love, a child that
you've raised. And then suddenly, the child becomes a crazy person. Better
drugs and new ways of treating schizophrenia are enabling more of the
disease's victims to live in society instead of institutions, and even to hold
down jobs. Schizophrenia can be detected in childhood--even traced to the
womb. These malfunctions may be wired into the brain before birth. There is
mounting evidence that schizophrenia reflects deviation in development rather
than a backwards process that begins in......
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