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Schizophrenia is a serious mental disorder in which people interpret reality abnormally. Schizophrenia may result in some combination of hallucinations, delusions, and extremely disordered thinking and behavior that impairs daily functioning, and can be disabling. - MayoClinic.org

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References:

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5th edition, American Psychiatric Association.

https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20140401.038180/full/#:~:text=In%20fact%2C%20according%20to%20the,percent%20suffer%20from%20bipolar%20disorder.

https://open.lib.umn.edu/criminallaw/chapter/6-1-the-insanity-defense/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_University,_Fullerton,_massacre

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Gordon_(musician)#Murder_of_mother,_conviction_and_incarceration

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darrell_Hammond

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bettie_Page

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Forbes_Nash_Jr.

https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/schizophrenia.shtml