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61 fined to capacity with deranged patients and the rates

of suicide in America and Europe will attest. Lack of permanent human ties and absence of stable standards of conduct· and behaviour are not compatible with

mental health.

‘ What asp~cts of schizophrenia are easy ·to recognize aDd : ‘ important to note so that people without technical training can distinguish it fro~ other disturbances? There are several ~ telltale areas in which untreated schizophrenia can be recognized easily …. The untreated schi~ophrenic acts as if he is entirely selfish and una hie tc love or even be fond of a dog, let alone a human being. The mark of a sound and matur,e personality, is caring for other people, being able to love others. The ROrmai person growing up comes to recognize his owti mortality and imperfection,. One real solution to the stress and other trials of life is the formation of intense emotional relationsh.ips usually with one’s family or friends in which one Comes to’ care as much for others as for one’s self. This brings enrichment of life with ‘warmth, closeness and. mutual good deeds which can be achieved in no ot~er way~ The untreated schizophrenic is hampered in his capacity for forming such close relationships. Attempts to elicit feelings offriendship with the sChizophrenic are met with indifference, contempt or hostility. Dealings, with others are strictly [^011] an even-exchange basis, often times bizarre in nature.1&

The quote above, of course, is referring to the

individual patient. What is significant in present-

day life is that schizophrenia is no longer limited to isolated individuals but the entire society has become

contaminated with same malady which ma~ifests itself

15.TheSchizoplvenitU-Yo”rI andMine, prepar~by the Professional C.ommittee of the Schizophrenic Foundation or New Jersey, Pyramid Books, New,

York, 1970, pp, 151-1S3 (abrid,ed). . . . \