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I have spent my whole career working with schizophrenia. It can of course be a very difficult illness, but the prognosis is much more optimistic than one would suppose. The real problems are not the dramatic ones of delusions and danger. Most of the individuals struggle with getting meaningful lives given on going difficulty with attention memory and social cognition. But the evidence shows that various degress of recovery are not only possible but to be expected. I personally get great satisfaction from seeing individuals get better lives. That being said, this illness can be a source of great stress to an individual and her family.