Not schizophrenia.Dear editor, Re: Confused about communion communion: see Eucharist; Lord's Supper. (April letters), in which Canon Gordon Baker wondered, "Could it be a case of holy schizophrenia schizophrenia (skĭt'səfrē`nēə), group of severe mental disorders characterized by reality distortions resulting in unusual thought patterns and behaviors. ?" As a mother of a son with this disabling dis·a·ble tr.v. dis·a·bled, dis·a·bling, dis·a·bles 1. To deprive of capability or effectiveness, especially to impair the physical abilities of. 2. Law To render legally disqualified. illness and an advocate for the elimination of stigma stigma: see pistil. Stigma mark of Cain God’s mark on Cain, a sign of his shame for fratricide. [O. T.: Genesis 4:15] scarlet letter against mental illness, you must be made aware that schizophrenia is not a split personality, but a split from reality. Schizophrenia is biological chemicals in the brain not giving proper signals. Certainly it is not catching. You may obtain more information from the Schizophrenia Society of Canada, 205-50 Acadia Ave, Markham, ON L3R 0B3 or on-line at http://www.schizophrenia.ca/ J. Watson Yarmouth, N.S. |
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