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Genetic Causes Of Schizophrenia
Genetic Mutations higher in Schizophrenia
Hardly a week goes by that doesn’t involve yet another genetic discovery that could help solve the puzzle of schizophrenia and in so doing offer the chance for a cure or more effective treatments. There’s nothing wrong with this and I guess some news is better than no news, but I do wonder what it must feel like to be a person with schizophrenia, waiting for the day when all of this will amount to something.
Every so often a report comes out that is a bit different to the others and c...
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Expert & Community Posts
Was Mother to Blame? Ideas about Social Environment & Relapse in Schizophrenia
By Jerry Kennard , Health Expert...schizophrenia or its relapse. The evidence for a genetic component to schizophrenia is strong,... Read more »
NAMI 2007 Convention: Interview with E. Fuller Torrey
By Robin Cunningham , Health Expert...in Germany and Switzerland and believed that the causes of schizophrenia were biological. My... Read more »
The Last Summer
By Christina Bruni , Health Expert...stress can trigger an episode in someone born with the genetic susceptibility to the... Read more »
Is a Single Gene Responsible for Mental Illness?
By Teri Robert , Health Expert...caused by "nature or nurture?" In other words, are we genetically programmed to have these... Read more »
Redefining Functionality
By Christina Bruni , Health Expert... So much of what causes the illness—apart from genetics and neurotransmitters and scientific... Read more »
Health Guide
Schizophrenia: Causes
...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... Read more »Schizophrenia: Risk Factors
...malnourished mothers may not get enough folate in their diet. Folate is a micronutrient important for genetic processes. Folate deficiencies may cause genetic mutations in the developing fetus... Read more »Causes of Bipolar Disorder
CausesNo single cause may ever be found for bipolar disorder. Instead, a combination of biologic, genetic, and environmental factors appears to trigger and perpetuate the chemical imbalances in the... Read more »Schizophrenia: Diagnosis
...risk for the presence of schizophrenia.Eye Tracking Dysfunction. A dysfunction in eye tracking is a genetic trait that is strongly associated with schizophrenia and may reflect abnormalities in... Read more »Causes of Cardiac Enlargement
...use of cocaine round out the list of most common causes of LVH. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a genetic disease related to weakness of the individual muscle fibers of the heart. These fibers... Read more »Images
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Schizophrenia, bipolar disorder may have common genetic roots
July 02, 2009Researchers in three studies have found a common genetic cause behind schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, two mental health conditions that were... Read summary »
Antipsychotic Drug Causes Weight Gain
February 22, 2007By Lucy Williams, Ivanhoe Health Correspondent ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Some patients undergoing treatment for mental illness gain so... Read summary »
Americans still intolerant of mental illness, expert says
September 11, 2008A sociology professor at University of Pennsylvania has found that while many Americans believe mental illness has genetic causes, they are no more... Read summary »
Parents' mental health may affect child's autism risk
October 03, 2008Swedish researchers say the parents of autistic children are more than twice as likely to have been hospitalized for a mental health problem than... Read summary »
New mental illness theory focuses on parents' genes
November 19, 2008Two scientists have developed a new theory about the origins of such mental health problems as autism and schizophrenia. Bernard Crespi and... Read summary »
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