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Schizophrenia is a major mental illness as well as a major health problem worldwide, afflicting approximately 1 -2 per cent of every nation's population, and requiring immediate and definite medical attention.

It may be defined as a functional psychoses characterized by disturbances in thinking and profound disorganization of behavior. While describing a psychoses, most lay people would probably use the word "mad" or "insane", for this is the way the bizarre behavior of a psychotic would be perceived.

For both the patient and the family, this is a very painful illness. For the family it is the pain of seeing a loved one slowly loose touch with reality. Therefore, it becomes necessary to provide a platform for such people - family and patients; to come together and voice their grievances, meet others with similar problems and derive the much needed moral support. Here are three support group systems wherein a person can get the requisite information and services needed to cope with schizophrenia.

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