Diagnosis and classification of schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a serious mental disorder suffered by about 1% of the world's population. It is more commonly diagnosed in men than women and in working-class people than middle-class people

Classification of schizophrenia
DSM-5

• Requires symptoms of schizophrenia to be evidenced for at least 1 month
• Symptoms must produce a deterioration in functions at work, in social relations and in self-care
• No subtypes

ICD-10

• Requires symptoms to be evident…