Schizophrenia is a chronic mental illness that is marked by psychosis, which is a loss of touch with reality. In this video, learn about the signs and symptoms of schizophrenia, according to Khadijah Watkins, MD, Psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital.
You can read more about schizophrenia and how it’s treated here.
Dr. Watkins is a psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital, where she's the Associate Director of The Clay Center for Young Healthy Minds, and was previously the Associate Training Director of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency Training Program.
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