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Health Encyclopedia: Schizophrenia Causes

Causes

No single cause can account for schizophrenia. Rather, it appears to be the result of multiple causes such as genetic factors, environmental and psychological assaults, and possible hormonal changes that alter the brain's chemistry.

Abnormalities in Brain Structure, Circuitry, and Chemicals

Brain scans using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have shown a number of abnormalities in the brain's structure associated with schizophrenia. Such problems can cause nerve damage and disconnections in t...

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Expert & Community Posts

Tardive Dyskinesia: A Movement Disorder That Can Be Induced by Your Medications

By Paul Ballas , Health Expert

...treated with these medications. One of the strongest risk factors for TD is age. In patients... Read more »

Mental Illness Awareness Week

By Christina Bruni , Health Expert

...with schizophrenia has a statistically insignificant risk of being violent compared with the... Read more »

Treating Tardive Dyskinesia

By Paul Ballas , Health Expert

Recently, I was reviewing the literature on tardive dyskinesia, and it struck me how frustrating it... Read more »

A Little Look Inside the Brain

By Jerry Kennard , Health Expert

...strategies in the search for some biological basis for schizophrenia is to locate abnormalities... Read more »

Raising Hope - A NIMH Study

By Christina Bruni , Health Expert

There's some good news for people diagnosed with schizophrenia. The National Institute on Mental... Read more »

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Schizophrenia: References

...repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in the treatment of resistant auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia: a meta-analysis. J Clin Psychiatry. 2007 Mar;68(3):416-21.Crespo-Facorro B,... Read more »

Depression Treatment

...impaired functioning, or loss of independence can become deeply depressed. The elderly are at highest risk for such events, Interestingly, in this regard, one study suggested that pessimistic... Read more »

Bipolar Disorder Treatment

...patient is likely to need more than one medication during the course of the disease. This increases the risk for distressing side effects. Noncompliance is common.Patients often have more than one... Read more »

Schizophrenia: Risk Factors

Risk FactorsSchizophrenia is the most common psychotic condition.AgeSchizophrenia can occur at any age, but it tends to first develop (or at least become evident) between adolescence and young... Read more »

Schizophrenia: Diagnosis

...of SchizophreniaExperts are investigating tests of specific phenomenon that might suggest a higher risk for the presence of schizophrenia.Eye Tracking Dysfunction. A dysfunction in eye tracking is... Read more »

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