The evidence suggests that people with schizophrenia are probably not cured without the use of medication. People with schizophrenia may improve over time, even without medication. However, do not confuse this with being cured.
Schizophrenia can go into permanent remission, although that is not the same as curing it. When it does, it is rarely caused by medical intervention and usually by the natural course of the disease.
There has been progress in medications for controlling the symptoms of schizophrenia. However, a "true cure" has not been found. (A true cure would be something that completely and permanently removes the symptoms of schizophrenia.)
There is no known cure for epilepsy, though there are treatments that may help to control it.
Yes. Schizophrenia is partly genetic, meaning that if you have a relative with schizophrenia you are likely to also have schizophrenia. About 1/10 of people with a relative with schizophrenia develop schizophrenia, compared to 1/100 people without a relative with schizophrenia.
People with schizophrenia usually have normal cognitive function at the beginning of the course of schizophrenia.
Residual schizophrenia is caused by a partial recovery from schizophrenia. For an explanation of what causes schizophrenia, please see the related question.
Teenagers and young adults are most likely to get schizophrenia. Women with schizophrenia are more likely to have less severe schizophrenia and have paranoid schizophrenia, as well as developing schizophrenia at an average age of 25; men have a more severe course, with higher rates of disorganized and catatonic schizophrenia as well as developing schizophrenia at the average age of 18.
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder
paranoid schizophrenia
Catatonic schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia is on Axis I.