Schizophrenia in Singapore : the invisible illness.

The project team started off wanting to do a meaningful and useful story. Writing about schizophrenia patients and the problems in their lives seemed to ful?ll the objective. By raising awareness about the illness, and the issues patients have to deal with, the group hoped to remove the stigma they...

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Main Authors: How, Kay Lii., Lin, Xinyi., Tan, Melody Huizhen., Teo, Xuanwei.
Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
Format: Final Year Project
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/1185
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
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Summary:The project team started off wanting to do a meaningful and useful story. Writing about schizophrenia patients and the problems in their lives seemed to ful?ll the objective. By raising awareness about the illness, and the issues patients have to deal with, the group hoped to remove the stigma they have to face. After spending months interviewing several schizophrenia patients, each with their own unique stories and problems, the group have learnt that they can show readers a little about these people’s background, their past and maybe their present — but not their lives.