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About 1% of Americans, or nearly 3.5 million people, are affected by schizophrenia — yet the mental disorder remains highly stigmatized and misunderstood, experts say. The reason, according to Brooke Kempf, a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner based in Indiana, is a general lack of knowledge about schizophrenia.

"People may see somebody hallucinating and think, ‘That is schizophrenia,’ when there's so much more to the illness," she told Fox News Digital in an interview. STUDY LINKS CANNABIS ABUSE TO SCHIZOPHRENIA IN YOUNG MEN "It’s important for people to recognize that schizophrenia is a diagnosed and treatable medical condition." For World Schizophrenia Day, Kempf shared some of the most common myths and misconceptions surrounding the disorder.

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