World Schizophrenia Day:

Dispelling the Myths

Multiple personalities or split personality disorder.

MYTH

MYTH

Shizophrenia is a biological psychiatric disorder where a person loses touch with reality

FACT

FACT

Schizophrenia is caused by bad parenting or abuse during childhood.

MYTH

MYTH

Schizophrenia is linked to the structure of the brain

FACT

FACT

Other risk factors such as genetic, physical, social and emotional

FACT

FACT

People with schizophrenia are dangerous; they can be very aggressive and harm themselves or the people around them.

MYTH

MYTH

Not all with schizophrenia are violent. It is only a small minority of persons that are violent

FACT

FACT

Even these people are not violent all the time; they may become violent mostly when they are very ill.

FACT

FACT

Improved patients who are on treatment are no more dangerous than the general population.

FACT

FACT

People with schizophrenia need to be cared for in a hospital.

MYTH

MYTH

The family can care for the person at home, by understanding the disorder diligently following the advice of the health professionals

FACT

FACT