Schizophrenia Awareness Week May 21-27; 'Hope is Today's Reality'

U.S. Newswire | May 19, 2006 | Copyright

LANSING, Mich., May 19 /U.S. Newswire/ -- There is more hope today for people with schizophrenia than 20 or 30 years ago. That's due to better medications, more research, greater awareness and support. The National Schizophrenia Foundation is spreading this message of hope during the ninth annual Schizophrenia Awareness Week, May 21- 27. This year's theme is appropriately "Hope is Today's Reality."

Affecting more than 2.5 million Americans, schizophrenia is a biologically based brain disease that seriously impairs a person's ability to think clearly and relate to others. When left ...

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