Treatment Optimization of Psychosis (TOP) and how BC is improving care for those living with schizophrenia
Schizophrenia affects more than 24 million people worldwide according to the World Health Organization. Common symptoms include thinking disorder, delusions, hallucinations, and negative syndrome, which induces severe loss of interest and social isolation. The term schizophrenia literally means “a splitting of the mind” and was coined in 1908 by Swiss psychiatrist Dr. Paul Eugen Bleuler.