Schizophrenia: A Mental Illness: General Review w.s.r. to Aetiology

Authors

  • Gyanendra kumar Gupta Professor and Head, Department of Kriya Sharir, S.R.S. Ayurvedic Medical College, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Gagan Devi Assistant Professor, Department of Rachna Sharir, S.R.S. Ayurvedic Medical College, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India

Keywords:

Mental disability, schizophrenia, social, occupational functioning, psychiatric syndromes

Abstract

Mental disability has become one of the most dreadful conditions across the world. It is prevalent in almost each and every society and creates enormous social and economic burden. Mental illness is characterized by disturbances in a person’s emotions, thoughts, or behavior. The term mental illness (mental disability) includes wide variety of disorders, ranging from mild distress to severe impairment of social and occupational functioning. Schizophrenia is a chronic and inarguably one of the most debilitating psychiatric syndromes.

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Published

2021-10-08

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 2 (2021)

Section

Review Article

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