What Is Schizophrenia? Scientists Call for New Thinking

By Amy Standen on August 04, 2014

Schizophrenia is twice as common as Alzheimer’s disease, but almost nothing is known about how it works in the body. As with most other mental illnesses, there’s no blood test for schizophrenia, no scan that can diagnose it.

Instead, schizophrenia is defined by symptoms patients describe about themselves, particularly a blurring of the boundaries of reality.

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