Schizophrenia is a chronic and mental disorder that affects the way people think, feel, and behave. People seem to lose touch with reality, meaning that they see, hear, and feel things that are not really there. Their reality becomes distorted and confusing which may cause paranoia in the person. Schizophrenia occurs in late adolescence and early adulthood. The disorder usually starts between ages of sixteen and thirty with symptoms of hallucinations and delusions. The cause of the disorder is of the genes and environmental factors, both act together to bring about schizophrenia. Sometimes the disorder is inherent from family members. Another cause is the brain structure of the person such as problems with certain brain chemicals. The brains
