It occurs to me that perhaps there is no one thing that is schizophrenia (not a new idea). Maybe things lie along a spectrum, or more than one spectrum. As they do with autism, for instance. (I have felt for a long time an affinity with autistic people.) Maybe there are multiple causes, not one, and the disorder shows similarities, because there is a common effect that gets displayed by the human brain, whatever stresses are the causes.

Certainly the people who have schizophrenia, or show symptoms that are schizophrenia-like, lie along a very long spectrum. Some are what might be called "high-functioning" and some are not. The healing approaches that work well for some might not work well at all for others. The people who insist on "one-size-fits-all" treatment are misleading the people that need help.

The discussion on schizophrenia.com, which displays invective on several sides, shows that the people involved do not feel very secure in their respective positions. It is not a very reassuring show (for me), for those affected and wanting help for their afflictions.