This is an archive of resources for Schizophrenia Information, this is a private group which aspires to provide information around the diagnosis of “schizophrenia” This means that I can’t share posts from this group elsewhere using FB
Studies show that schizophrenia may reduce life expectancy by an average of 14.5 years. We review the reasons for this and what can be done to mitigate it. Source: How Schizophrenia Can Affect Life Expectancy
Stigma can greatly exacerbate the experience of mental illness. Diagnostic classification frequently used by clinical social workers may intensify this stigma by enhancing the public’s sense of “groupness” and “differentness” when perceiving people with mental illness. The homogeneity assumed by ste … Source: How clinical diagnosis might exacerbate the stigma of mental illness – PubMed
At least one third of people with schizophrenia experiences complete remission of symptoms (1). Some people with schizophrenia experience worsening and remission of symptoms periodically throughout their lives, others a gradual worsening of symptoms over time. Source: Schizophrenia
