Monograph by the famous French psychiatrist prof. Zhana Garrabe is devoted to an urgent problem of modern psychiatry - the problem of schizophrenia. The history of the formation and development of the doctrine of the disease, which to this day continues to be the subject of heated debate and disagreement, is presented at an encyclopedic level. The book examines not only medical, but also social, psychological, cultural, ethnic and other, including political, aspects of the problem of schizophrenia. The evolution of various points of view on these issues by a large number of authors, both well-known and little-known to the Russian-speaking reader, is highlighted. The book is written in an interesting, lively language and can be recommended not only to specialists working in the field of psychiatry, but also to everyone interested in the problem of schizophrenia.