schizophrenia

n. 1. (psychiatry) a severe psychotic disorder characterized by some combination of delusions, hallucinations, incoherent speech or behavior, and emotional instability. The usual treatment is powerful, addictive mind-altering drugs with numerous side effects, even though there is a vast body of research that indicates that schizophrenics recover best (or at least as well) when they are put in a safe setting with people who care about them and just talk to them and do not drug them.





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