Last name: Lopez. This interesting surname, one of the most popular in the Spanish peninsula and South America, is almost certainly of Roman (Latin) origins. It derives from the ancient words lupus and the 5th century a.d. lobo, meaning the wolf.
By Mayo Clinic Staff. Print. Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder in which people interpret reality abnormally. Schizophrenia may result in some combination of hallucinations, delusions, and extremely disordered thinking and behavior that impairs daily functioning, and can be disabling. Schizophrenia is a chronic condition, requiring lifelong treatment. Oct. 11, 2016.
Schizophrenia is a serious psychiatric disorder that affects more than 1 percent of the population, according to the American Psychiatric Association. People with schizophrenia slowly lose contact with reality and often have delusions or hallucinations. There are misconceptions about this mental illness. For example, some people think schizophrenia is a split personality. In fact, schizophrenia and split personality, properly termed âdissociative identity disorder,â are two different disorders.