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Mental health experts have called for the term schizophrenia to be dropped, saying it has no scientific validity, is imprecise and stigmatizing. 'It is a harmful concept,' said Professor Marius Romme, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Central England. He added that symptoms such as delusions, hearing voices and hallucinations are not the results of the illness but may be reactions to traumatic and troubling events in life. Schizophrenia affects about 1% of people in the US and Britain. CASL argues that the term schizophrenia is extremely damaging to those to whom it is applied and implies unpredictability, being dangerous, unable to cope and someone in need of life-long treatment. 'It is like cancelling someone's life,' said Hammersley. 'We generally believe this word has to go.'
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