Abstract :
Psychologycal approach was about the mental illness that research tried to
discuss abotut the schizophrenic in C. E Christiansen‟s The Roommate. This research
aimed to analyze the kinds of schizophrenic in The Roommate and healing the
schizophrenic disease as described in The Roommate. This research focused on
Kraeplin and Rosen theory to analyze the mental illness. Then, the data were
analyzed by using decriptive qualitative method. The writer used note taking as the
instrument to find out the valid data. The findings showed that four kinds of
schizophrenic. they were simplex schizophrenic, hebephrenic schizophrenic,
catatonic schizophrenic, and paranoid schizophrenic. but, the most dominant is
hebephrenic. The second, the researcher found how to heal the schizophrenic disease
as described in The Roommate by take medication.