Bisexual Factors In Schizophrenia
Causes
The cause of schizophrenia is unknown. Scientists think that schizophrenia may develop from a combination of genetic, brain chemistry, and environmental factors.
Genetic Factors
Schizophrenia undoubtedly has a genetic component. The risk for inheriting schizophrenia ranges from about 10% for those who have one first-degree family member (mother, father, sister, brother) with the disease to about 40 - 65% if the disease affects both parents or an identical twin.
However, heredity does not...
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Schizophrenia: paranoid type
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Paranoid type schizophrenia is a mental illness that involves false beliefs of being persecuted or plotted against.Alternative NamesParanoid... Read more »
Schizophrenia: disorganized type
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Disorganized schizophrenia is a type of schizophrenia in which behavior is disturbed and has no purpose. Alternative Names Hebephrenic... Read more »
Schizophrenia
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Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that makes it difficult to tell the difference between real and unreal experiences, to think logically, to have... Read more »
Schizoid personality disorder
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Schizoid personality disorder is a psychiatric condition in which a person has a lifelong pattern of indifference to others and social... Read more »
Schizotypal personality disorder
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