schizophrenia is a brain disorder that affects some 2. 2 million american adults most often before the age of 30. it interferes with the way a person acts thinks and feels and frequently causes difficulty distinguishing between what is real and what is imaginary. this in turn makes patients prone to delusional beliefs about themselves or others. schizophrenia also affects ordered thinking making it difficult to concentrate maintain attention span or develop normal motivation. it can also affect the ability to experience normal emotions in social situations often causing a person to become unusually unresponsive or withdrawn.
what is schizophrenia?