Schizophrenia Homeless
Complications
Schizophrenia can have a devastating effect on both patients and their families.
Self-Destructive Behaviors
Substance Abuse. Many people with schizophrenia abuse alcohol and drugs. Substance abuse, in addition to its other adverse effects, increases the likelihood that a patient will not take medication and have more severe symptoms. Although people with schizophrenia are not usually violent, (except possibly those who have severe paranoid), substance abuse in the schizophrenic...
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Schizophrenia
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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