while schizophrenia in and of itself is not life threatening in a medical sense like cancer, it can cause suicidal behavior, or suicide.
Schizophrenia is not specifically a disease of aging, and generally appears fairly early in life, in the teenage years or the 20's, so it is not a degenerative disease, even though it is a very serious disease which can cause a person's quality of life to degenerate.
Schizophrenia is a biological disease of the brain.
Yes, schizophrenia is a noninfectious disease, meaning that it cannot be spread to anyone else.
Schizophrenia is classified as a disorder by the DSM-IV-TR. This means that it is an abnormality in function. It may or may not be a disease depending on your definition of disease.
Paranoid schizophrenia is a disease of the brain.
There is no link between schizophrenia and Alzheimer's disease.
Schizophrenia is a treatable disease. Please see a mental health professional.
A viral infection during the second trimester of pregnancy can cause the child to develop schizophrenia later in life. Many infections that affect the brain, including meningitis and Lyme disease, can cause psychosis, which is not the same as schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia is not a developmental disease. It usually occurs in late adolescence or later, rarely occurs before adolescence, and often is present in adults.
Schizophrenia is a disease that effects the mentality of the person. Some of the symptoms include hallucinations, delusions and extreme paranoia. Most cases can be controlled by medications.
It can not be prevented, it is a disease through heritage.
Although it was once thought that a bad childhood could cause schizophrenia, the current understanding of schizophrenia is of a primarily neurological disease.