Schizophrenia is defined by the National Alliance of Mental Illness(NAMI) as “ serious mental illness that interferes with a person's ability to think , manage emotions and relate to others”. The positive symptoms of schizophrenia are: Hallucinations, disordered speech, illogical thoughts, suspiciousness, delusions and the negative symptoms are: the lack of pleasure, loss of motivation, apathy, lack of self confidence and social withdrawal. Several theories of schizophrenia may be caused by an imbalance of chemicals in the brain and genetic and environmental factors including stress. The illness affects one percent of the world's population in different ethnic groups including men, women and children. Unfortunately there is no cure for schizophrenia
