Question

A patient with schizophrenia for more than a decade has shown symptoms of poor memory, difficulty in learning, and sensitive and suspicious personality since childhood, asking if there is any sign of mental retardation and how to cope with it.

Answer

Schizophrenia is a complex disease with diverse causes and symptoms, and treatment methods vary from person to person. Traditional Western medicine can only control the symptoms but cannot cure the disease. Experts suggest using traditional Chinese medicine for overall regulation and combined with type-specific symptomatic treatment, which may have a good therapeutic effect, even leading to clinical cure for some patients.