¹Assistant Professor HOD Department of Psychiatric Nursing, JSS College of Nursing, Mysuru, India

²Assistant Professor Department of Psychiatric Nursing, JSS College of Nursing, Mysuru, India

*Corresponding Author: Purohit Saraswati, Assistant Professor HOD Department of Psychiatric Nursing, JSS College of Nursing, Mysuru, India; Email: [email protected]

Received Date: June 7, 2024

Published Date: June 28, 2024

Citation: Saraswati P, et al. (2024). Nursing Care of Schizophrenic Patients-A Review. Mathews J Nurs. 6(3):47.

Copyrights: Saraswati P, et al. © (2024).

INTRODUCTION TO SCHIZOPHRENIA

Schizophrenia is a chronic mental health disorder characterized by disturbances in thought, perception, and behavior. Symptoms are typically categorized as positive (hallucinations, delusions), negative (apathy, lack of emotion), and cognitive (disorganized thinking, difficulty concentrating). Schizophrenia is a severe and chronic mental health disorder that affects a person's thinking, feeling, and behavior. It is characterized by episodes of psychosis, including hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized thinking.