The book by the famous Swiss psychiatrist Asmus Finsen is dedicated to schizophrenia, a mental disorder that still remains a mystery and inspires fear. “Schizophrenia is by no means uncommon. Its frequency is similar to that of diabetes. Every hundredth of us suffers from it. Everyone has someone around them who suffers from schizophrenia. This is a book about a delicate approach - social, individual, professional - to a disease, the carriers of which are forced to reckon not only with its medical manifestations, but also with social discrimination and its destructive effects on their personality "( A. Finzen).