<P> In 2002, the term for schizophrenia in Japan was changed from seishin - bunretsu - byō (精神 分裂 病, lit . "mind - split disease") to tōgō - shitchō - shō (統合 失調 症, lit . "integration disorder") to reduce stigma . The new name was inspired by the biopsychosocial model; it increased the percentage of people who were informed of the diagnosis from 37 to 70% over three years . A similar change was made in South Korea in 2012 . A professor of psychiatry, Jim van Os, has proposed changing the English term to "psychosis spectrum syndrome". </P> <P> In the United States, the cost of schizophrenia--including direct costs (outpatient, inpatient, drugs, and long - term care) and non-health care costs (law enforcement, reduced workplace productivity, and unemployment)--was estimated to be $62.7 billion in 2002 . The book and film A Beautiful Mind chronicles the life of John Forbes Nash, a Nobel Prize--winning mathematician who was diagnosed with schizophrenia . </P> <P> Individuals with severe mental illness, including schizophrenia, are at a significantly greater risk of being victims of both violent and non-violent crime . Schizophrenia has been associated with a higher rate of violent acts, but most appear to be related to associated substance abuse . Rates of homicide linked to psychosis are similar to those linked to substance misuse, and parallel the overall rate in a region . What role schizophrenia has on violence independent of drug misuse is controversial, but certain aspects of individual histories or mental states may be factors . About 11% of people in prison for homicide have schizophrenia while 21% have mood disorders . Another study found about 8 - 10% of people with schizophrenia had committed a violent act in the past year compared to 2% of the general population . </P> <P> Media coverage relating to violent acts by individuals with schizophrenia reinforces public perception of an association between schizophrenia and violence . In a large, representative sample from a 1999 study, 12.8% of Americans believed that individuals with schizophrenia were "very likely" to do something violent against others, and 48.1% said that they were "somewhat likely" to . Over 74% said that people with schizophrenia were either "not very able" or "not able at all" to make decisions concerning their treatment, and 70.2% said the same of money - management decisions . The perception of individuals with psychosis as violent has more than doubled in prevalence since the 1950s, according to one meta - analysis . </P>

Schizophrenia is a severe disorder that is not characterized by