Noun: A long-term mental disorder of a type involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behaviour, leading to faulty perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from reality and personal relationships into fantasy and delusion, and a sense of mental fragmentation.
Schizophrenia is not a split personality!
Schizophrenia is a complex brain disorder characterised by disruptions to thinking, and emotions, and a distorted perception of reality.