5 Common Misconceptions About Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia makes people dangerous: Even though the majority of individuals with schizophrenia are not violent.
Schizophrenia makes people hear violent and threatening voices: Schizophrenia’s presentation can look very different from person to person and includes a variety of symptoms.
People with schizophrenia have multiple personalities: Even though schizophrenia has a wide variety of symptoms, creating separate personalities is not one of them.
People with schizophrenia require long-term or lifelong hospitalization: Because of the stigma schizophrenia holds, a common misbelief is that someone who is diagnosed with schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia occurs randomly and equally across all populations: Believe it or not, there are a number of seemingly random factors associated with developing schizophrenia.