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The stigma of schizophrenia
Symptoms of schizophrenia
Early warning signs of schizophrenia
Causes of schizophrenia
Treatment of schizophrenia
What should I be looking for in a counsellor or psychotherapist?
Further helpnduring terrifying symptoms such as hearing voices that others cannot hear and believing others are plotting against them and reading their thoughts. It is a common assumption that schizophrenia means 'split personality', however this is incorrect. The term schizophrenia was actually introduced by a Swiss psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler and stands for 'split mind' in Greek. Bleuler wanted to convey the split of the personality from reality, and not the split into two personalities.