Do you take for granted your ability to know who you are and what is happening? Well, you shouldn't because schizophrenic patients don't always know what's going on and suffer from not knowing who they are. Many people believe that schizophrenia is a multi-personality disorder. Schizophrenia is a disease now widespread throughout the world and no one yet knows what causes it. Schizophrenia is a brain disease that interferes with normal brain and mental function. It can trigger hallucinations and delusions. People with schizophrenia often need hospitalization and treatment where they will give you different medicines to help you with schizophrenia. Different effects that schizophrenia patients can develop with this mental illness include suicide, alcohol and drug abuse, and last but not least, relationship problems. So how do these cause and effect sufferers with schizophrenia read more to find out! Suicide is one of the leading causes of death for schizophrenia patients, the reason why patients might have suicidal thoughts is because depression plays a major role in this. Schizophrenia can cause depression which may cause suicidal thoughts and/or intentions. “Half of people with schizophrenia experience a period of depression in their lifetime” (Brichford). “Nearly one-third of patients with a true diagnosis of schizophrenia will attempt suicide” (Bengston). Statistics show that a third of patients will attempt suicide and that doctors will need to keep an eye on patients who attempt to kill themselves. Another reason why schizophrenic patients would like to attempt suicide is because they do not feel wanted in the world because they cannot control what happens in their mind and may go crazy. 'Studies review aler... half of the paper... are antisocial because once again they don't like being around people and often become paranoid. Last but not least, schizophrenia is not a multiple personality disorder. Works Cited Behrendt, R., & Young, C. (2004). Hallucinations in schizophrenia, sensory impairment, and brain diseases: a unifying model. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 27(6), 771-87; discussion 787-830. Bengston, Michael. "Schizophrenia". www.PsychCentral.com Psych Central December 8, 1995 Web. December 7, 2013. Brichford, Connie “Schizophrenia and Depression.” Everydayhealth.com. Daily Healthcare Media LLC. Network. 2012Eack, Shaun, M. “Social cognition and social disability in schizophrenia” http:udini.proquest.com/viewJobe,Thomas H,. and Martin Harrow. “Long-term outcomes of patients with schizophrenia: a review.” Canadian Journal of Psychiatry 50.14 (2005):892-900. ProQuest.Web.20 Nov.2013.