I don't know. I'm thinking about it, and I really think that this attitude may be the prevailing American response to schizophrenics. I mean, most people seem to be frightened and disturbed by some of this behaviour - particularly the delusion type stuff.

Examining it further, I think my husband must feel very uncomfortable and nervous because he doesn't know what will happen - which could be dangerous. My mother isn't violent or dangerous, but she has done things that unintentionally put herself or other people in harm's way. We moved back to my home town about 8 years ago, and he's been exposed to her more and more since then. Before that, there was just the annual Thanksgiving dinner which she hardly even showed up to.