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against people with schizophrenia is rife, a survey has found. Almost half the

1,500 respondents to a national survey would not let someone with schizophrenia look after their children.

A third would not want a schizophrenic to be a medical doctor, and a tenth wouldn’t want them as a friend or neighbour, according to the poll for charity Esomar Foundation.

Schizophrenia is a severe, long-term mental health condition in which sufferers struggle to distinguish their own thoughts from reality.

However, patients receiving treatment – medication and psychological therapy – are able to live healthy, stable lives.

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