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Schizophrenia is a chronic and severemental disorder, often leading to disability. Until now, psychiatrists can not find out the true cause of this disease, despite years of research. The leading role is played by hereditary predisposition. Head trauma, mental trauma and the transferred diseases are of secondary importance, acting as the activator of the process of psychopathology. Schizophrenia is characterized by gradually increasing changes in thinking and perception, speech and social activity, motivations and feelings. Most often the disease occurs at the age of 15-25 years and has a certain progressive course. The schizophrenic seems to be on the other side of evil and good, changing the rules of the game to life. He avoids communication with people, preferring to talk to himself, the meanings of words arbitrarily change. The whimsicality of the patient very often causes irritation in others. He can laugh cheerfully when he learns about the death of a loved one. Sometimes patients recklessly risk their lives, refusing to drink and eat, and sexual activity is almost invisible and at times inadequate. Also, schizophrenics have impaired motor activity, there may be strange actions and obsessive gestures, catatonic stupor (that is, finding a person for a long time in a motionless state and in an unnatural position). Unique crazy ideas are an inherent attribute of a schizophrenic patient, it can be a topic of physical persecution, a deadly disease, a special mission or the end of the world. The most characteristic and interesting sign of this disease is a distortion of the perception of reality. The patient may in fact feel that his mouth is on his stomach or too light bones. Considering himself from the outside, the schizophrenic can perceive his own person as a biomachine, or identify with a carpet and scream in pain when he is knocked out. In the perception of the patient appear characters that no one else sees: angels, demons or outlandish animals. The primary diagnosis and further treatment of the disease is a psychiatrist. Very often, a patient needs to be admitted to a psychiatric ward for examination. An affirmative diagnosis is made when the duration of schizophrenia is at least six months. If one of your relatives or friends suffers from this disease, do not push it away, remember that changes in personality and character are just a manifestation of the disease. Try to monitor the regularity of taking medications prescribed by the doctor. The change in dosage or unauthorized cancellation of drugs can lead to a worsening of the condition.