Schizophrenia Definition and Description of the Disorder: "Schizophrenia is a psychotic disorder characterized by loss of contact with the environment and by disintegration of personality expressed as disorder of feeling, thought, and conduct;" websters dictionary. The word psychotic is defined as hallucinations or delusions. Schizophrenia is referred to as having psychotic symptoms. Schizophrenia is a disorder that lasts a minimum of six months. Some symptoms are delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, and catatonic behavior. Schizophrenia appears …showed first 75 words of 800 total…

…showed last 75 words of 800 total…someday when they figure out what causes it they can figure out a cure for it. But for a long time people thought that Schizophrenia was the same thing as split personalities. But Schizophrenics don't have split personalities they just hear voices in their head. Summary: Schizophrenia is a serious and stressful psychotic disorder. There are no cures or preventative measures. But there are many studies being done to find out more information about Schizophrenia.