Well I never ( as my dear old nan would have said), I have just read this on the BBC and am amazed and at the same time confuzzled and combobulated, there is to be no more Schizophrenia - A miracle I hear you exclaim in unison!
Hardly!
A bunch of bored politically correct academics have decided that there will no longer be Schizophrenia, we are not to call it that anymore, all those people out there diagnosed with this condition will no longer have a label to apply to their condition. It is to be the psychosis with no name. The reason apparently is simple, the word Schizophrenia is scary, it conjures up visions of a dangerous violent person with an over reliance on anti psychotic drugs, when the academics have decided that all Schizophrenics really need is counselling! Are these academics off their heads? A label brings comfort to an individual because it provides them with the security that the medical proffession understand the condition they have even if they arent quite sure how to treat it. It is also a symbol of belonging to a club - being able to say I AM A SCHIZOPHRENIC is acceptance that you belong to an exclusive group where you can by mentioning the condition immediately heighten the senses of everyone in the immediate surroundings who wait for your napoleon or your god personality to emerge. Not only this but belonging to the schizophrenic club ensures a steady supply of health related benefits ensuring that you dont have to go to work, you can sit at home and contemplate your navel on planet zog with aristotle and hitler and perhaps challenge bagpuss to a game of snooker in the graceland suite at the jupiter hotel. People dont laugh at you, they daren't, they pretend that they are also sitting on the moon with cat stephens singing a lullaby to doris day when you invite them to join you. So why do the academics want to prevent this? They are jealous, they dont have the power that the schizophrenic has, they cant ensure an audience for their fantasy so they want to ruin everyone elses.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6033013.stm