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updated The world health organization calls schizophrenia one of
the top ten most debilitating diseases. What are the symptoms
that lead to being diagnosed with this disease? Schizophrenia is
a chronic and severe mental illness that affects about one-
percent of the American population. The symptoms of
schizophrenia fall into three broad categories: positive,
negative, and cognitive. As the name implies, cognitive symptoms
involve problems with a person's thought processes. A real
difficulty understanding and using information is a common
cognitive symptom of schizophrenia. Trouble paying attention and
focusing and problems with memory are other cognitive signs of
the disease. These cognitive symptoms are often thought to be
the most debilitating of schizophrenia as they make it difficult
to perform everyday functions, like holding down a job. Positive
symptoms are those that are in a