Factors Of 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: 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
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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 »
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 »
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
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Schizotypal personality disorder is a mental health condition in which a person has trouble with relationships and disturbances in thought patterns,... Read more »
10 Quick Facts about Childhood Schizophrenia
The precise cause of childhood schizophrenia is not known. As with adult schizophrenia there is an assumed relationship between genetic factors the environment. Possible causes include family history, birth trauma, exposure to viruses in the womb...
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