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FACTS ABOUT SCHIZOPHRENIA
- Approximately 2.2 million Americans
have schizophrenia in any given year.
- At least 40 percent of them are not
receiving treatment at any given time.
Thus, there are approximately 900,000
individuals with schizophrenia not being
treated.
- There are at least as many individuals
with schizophrenia who are homeless, as
there are in all hospitals and related
facilities.
- There are more individuals with
schizophrenia in jails and state prisons
than there are in all hospitals and related
facilities.
- There are increasing episodes of violence
committed by individuals with
schizophrenia who are not being treated.
This is the single biggest cause of stigma
against individuals with this diagnosis
Individuals with schizophrenia are
increasingly the victims of crimes,
including robberies, assaults, rapes, and
murders.
- Our treatment of individuals with this
disease has, all too often, also been
discordant and cruel. It is, in fact, the
single biggest blemish on the face of
contemporary American medicine and
social services; when the social history of
our era is written, the plight of persons
with schizophrenia will be recorded as
having been a national scandal.
Reference:
Torrey, E. (2001). Surviving Schizophrenia
(4th ed). New York: Harper Collins
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Spring 2009 Breaking the Silence Event
Where: Juanita's in Little Rock, AR
When: May 9 at 7:30
What: Variety of bands
How: Purchase tickets for $10 at the door!
Breaking The Silence...Benefit for The Joshua
Scharbor's Hope For Schizophrenia
w/Cellina Miranda, Fall Of Sanity, Anthony Walls & The
Family, Abandon Your Legacy, Bonafide Music, and 3
Miles From Providence
Website
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Co-founders of JSHS
Debbie and Jessica Scharbor
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Mission Statement
The purpose of this organization is to promote
awareness of what schizophrenia really is to the
public, provide support and information about
schizophrenia to those afflicted and the family
members of those afflicted with the illness, raise
money for research through selling wristbands and
taking donations, and lastly, to honor our loved one,
Joshua Scharbor, by telling his story.
We believe that there is truly hope for
schizophrenia. Our organization was founded with
the belief that we can build a support network and
help stamp out the common myths of schizophrenia.
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