What is schizophrenia?
Schizophrenia is a psychiatric disorder characteristically marked by a retreat from reality with delusion formation, hallucinations, emotional disharmony, and regressive behavior.
How do members experience schizophrenia?
Top 5 symptoms reported by people with schizophrenia*
*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
Top treatments taken by people for schizophrenia*
*Data from patients with schizophrenia, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.
Compare treatments taken by people with schizophrenia*
*Data from patients with schizophrenia, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.
Who has schizophrenia on PatientsLikeMe?
Age | Proportion | # of patients |
---|---|---|
<20 | 22 | |
20s | 99 | |
30s | 302 | |
40s | 296 | |
50s | 244 | |
60s | 130 | |
70+ | 47 |
Distribution of sex
Sex | Proportion | # of patients |
---|---|---|
Male | 452 | |
Female | 663 |