Pronunciation guide
How to pronounce schizophrenia
skit-suh-FREE-nee-uh - five syllables, stress on 'FREE'; 'sch' is 'sk'
US/ˌskɪtsəˈfɹiniə/
skɪtsəfɹiniə
UK/skɪtsəʊˈfɹiːniə/
skɪtsəʊfɹiːniə
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Common mistake
The 'sch' is 'sk' - 'skit-suh-FREE-nee-uh'.
What “schizophrenia” means
A psychiatric diagnosis denoting a persistent, often chronic, mental illness characterised by abnormal perception, thinking, behavior and emotion, often marked by delusions.
A condition in which a person is supposed to have several distinct personalities; dissociative identity disorder.
In a sentence
- Schizophrenia is a psychiatric diagnosis denoting a persistent mental illness with abnormal perception and thinking.
- Public understanding of schizophrenia has improved, but stigma remains.
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