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In order to create awareness about schizophrenia, SAA has undertaken the mammoth task of crusading against this debilitating disorder. Pune city itself has more than 25,000 people suffering from this neurobiological disorder. 1 out of every 100 individuals suffer from Schizophrenia.

SAA continuously strives to understand the problems faced by the Shubhankars and Shubhrathis circumspectly and device a solution to address these issues in a manner which is easily understood and can be implemented with ease.

This marathi book Schizophrenia - Ek Navi Janiv, translated by Ms. Kalyani Gadgil, is a result of one such effort taken by SAA.

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A young man with a good career loses his grip on it. An active man starts sleeping long and odd hours. A businessman starts neglecting his business. A professional finds his profession not worthwhile. A housewife stops looking after her house and children. Someone behaves in a queer way, and somebody speaks beside the point. A person starts crying or laughing for no apparent reason or gets angry and aggressive. And then there is someone who starts doubting the very purpose of living. There could be imaginary voices, imaginary scenes, smells, tastes and what not.

This is schizophrenia - the greatest affliction of human society. Take hundred people and at least a couple of them could be suffering from this illness. It runs a chronic course. Its treatment is both a challenge and a puzzle.

This book "Divided Mind", edited by Dr. Ulhas Luktuke, is a guideline to solve this puzzle. Each article is written by a learned and experienced authority in the field. It gives information in an easy language on almost all the queries about the illness.