The term "schizophrenia" is less than a hundred years old, but the disease was first recognized by Dr. Emile Kraeplin in 1887. Although it was identified in 1887, schizophrenia has been around as long as 'man. Ancient Egyptian writings, known as the Book of Hearts, reveal that schizophrenia, along with other mental disorders such as depression, were common at that time and had their own treatment methods. However, these treatments were often extreme and deadly for patients; one practice is actually to drill holes in the patient's skull in the hope of releasing the demons possessing that individual. But today we have developed real methods to treat these mental illnesses through years of research and studies. Schizophrenia is a serious psychological disorder characterized by a fragmented thought process. The term schizophrenia comes from the Latin words schizo, meaning splitting, and phrene, meaning mind, which were supposedly coined by a Swiss psychiatrist named Eugen Blueler in 1911. This has led people to come to the false conclusion that it is a multiple personality disorder. when it isn't. People diagnosed with schizophrenia suffer from a separation of the mind from reality, which is exacerbated by severe hallucinations. Approximately 2.2 million adults in the United States, just over 1% of the population aged 18 or older, suffer from schizophrenia. Schizophrenics usually show signs of disordered thinking, difficulty verbalizing their thoughts, emotional instability, abnormal psychomotor skills, and antisocial behavior. This disease is one of the most treated mental disorders across the nation. About half of the patients admitted to psychiatric hospitals are people suffering from schizophrenia. People...... half of the document ......d among the causes of schizophrenia there are psychological and sociocultural factors. One psychological explanation is the diathesis model, which supports the idea that schizophrenia is hereditary but believes it is only actively affected by exposure to stress. Proponents of this theory might suggest reducing environmental stress as a way to treat the disease. There are also many scientists who believe that schizophrenia is caused by sociocultural factors. This theory emphasizes that the lower class is more susceptible to the disorder. They would suggest that the individual be exposed to new relationships with people to bring him back to reality. But ultimately, the truth is that we don't know what causes schizophrenia. This is all just theory. However, every day brings with it new possibilities and further advances in the fields of medicine and psychology.