Mental Health Awareness Week: Schizophrenia

A play that explores what it's like to live with someone with schizophrenia is coming to Dumfries.

Called Normal/Madness, the play has already been performed at Edinburgh Festival.

Lori Carnochan went to see it at the Eastgate Theatre in Peebles:

Schizophrenia is one of the most common serious mental health conditions.

It will affect around one in every hundred people in their lifetime.

The following links provide information about the condition itself, and the support available for those living with it.

• NHS schizophrenia page - information about the diagnosis and treatment of the condition
• Carers UK - a charity aimed at supporting carers, such as those helping a relative with schizophrenia
• MIND schizophrenia support page- information on the support available for those living with schizophrenia

You can find more information on Normal/Madness, a play that explores on living with someone with schizophrenia, here.