“Schizophrenia is a psychotic disorder in which a person loses contact with reality, experiencing grossly irrational ideas or distorted perceptions.”( Meyers 523) Schizophrenia is very similar to multiple personality disorder, paranoia, and even manic depression. Unlike these diseases, however, schizophrenia is of the most emotionally devastating diseases.
When doctors and nurses use this word they think of it in a medical perspective and how it will effect the person’s body. The person may have a real physical problem with their brain. Psychologists also use this word from a medical stand point by diagnosing and treating the disease. Most schizophrenics can be treated with drug therapy. Mos