At 10:11 AM -0400 10/4/00, Noel Kinder wrote:
>According to readings I have done and the DSM-IV, we know that
>Schizophrenia rarely goes into remission. Rather it is a mental disorder
>that an individual will have for the duration of their lifetime.
These two statements are not in conflict.
remission
Medicine: a. Abatement or subsiding of the symptoms of a disease. b. The
period during which the symptoms of a disease abate or subside.
Remission does not imply cure or disappearance.
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