Schizophrenia

• positive symptoms?

  * persistent or out of control delusions

  * hallucinations

  * thought disturbances

  * disorganised speech

  * catatonic behaviour
• negative symptoms?

  * social withdrawal

  * lack of emotion

  * loss of normal function
• key statistics?

  * prevalent in about 1% of population

  * only diagnosed in adults, with men in their 20s and women in their 30s

  * diagnosed equally in men and women

  * diagnosed more in Africans than white people

  * 15% of cases lead to hospitalisation

  * 25% of people fully recover