Question

Schizophrenia, specified with catatonia, describes a person who can sit for hours on end virtually motionless, refuses to make eye contact and resists attempts to be moved
a. True.
b. False.

Answer 1

The correct answer is True

Schizophrenia is a psychiatric disorder in which a brain disorder makes it difficult to judge correctly about reality, to produce symbolic and abstract thoughts and to elaborate complex emotional responses.

Schizophrenia is not a multiple personality disorder. It is a chronic, complex disease that requires treatment for life.

Schizophrenia is a mental illness that affects approximately 1% of the world population. Usually, the disorder appears between late adolescence and early adulthood.