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Health Education:

Let's talk about-Schizophrenia

By Hanna S., Sol H., Tobi R., Tobi E. and Fiona R. | Students

Schizophrenia is a serious disorder which affects how a person thinks,

feels and acts. It often begins in late adolescence or early adulthood.

People with schizophrenia may seem like they have lost touch with

reality, which causes significant distress for the individual, their family

members, and friends. If left untreated, the symptoms of

schizophrenia can be persistent and disabling.

Unfortunately, it is a disease that is highly stigmatized.

For the research we started working on three priority questions we

chose in order to gain further insight into schizophrenia:

What is it like to live with schizophrenia? (What is it like to live with

the stigma created about schizophrenia? What do people who live

with schizophrenia see?)

We think that living with schizophrenia must be really difficult,

because, from what we know, they tend to see and hear things that

are not in reality, but in their own minds. We don't know exactly what

visions they may have… but we assume that they can see from simple

things to things that really terrify them. Even hearing voices that

haunt them in various ways. In addition to these issues, there are

different stigmas against persons with this disease that also harm

them socially. An example of a stigma could be: “all people with

schizophrenia are aggressive and dangerous”, among others.

This can make them tend to be

This is Tobi.
more excluded or judged. How You can find

they cope with all these issues is out about his

something we plan to story in our

investigate, but we know that video, on the

they have various treatments following

that help them a lot in their lives. page.