ARLINGTON, Va., March 31, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has launched a new
website on schizophrenia and published a new brochure on the
medical condition which affects more than 2.4 million American
adults each year. Onset of schizophrenia often strikes men in
their late teens or early twenties, while appearing in women in
their late twenties or early thirties. The cause and course of
treatment are different for each individual. "NAMI has launched
the new schizophrenia website and published the new
schizophrenia brochure to provide up-to-date information to
individuals, families and others," said NAMI Executive Director
Michael Fitzpatrick. "Everyone should know the nature of
schizophrenia and its symptoms. Everyone should know the latest
medical thinking on prevention, triggers and treatment." The
schizophrenia brochure can be downloaded from the website at
www.nami.org/schizophrenia or ordered in packets of 25 copies
each for local groups, physician offices,