Keep Talking: Schizophrenia - One in a Hundred

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One in a hundred people develop schizophrenia, a mental illness suffered by approximately three million Americans. Yet the very word itself conjures sensational and inaccurate images and scenarios that have largely been created by the media, television, and the movies. Stanley Possick, MD, talks with Keep Talking host Gay Maxwell about the symptoms, challenges, and treatments for schizophrenia and relates why people seeking treatment have many reasons to hope for positive outcomes.

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"I kept hearing the neighbours banging on the walls trying to play on my nerves (or so I thought). My response was to run not just out of the house, but to get as far away as possible"

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