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Schizophrenia Cause

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

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 »

Coping Skills Series - #1A - Monitoring Your Interactions with Others

By Robin Cunningham , Health Expert

...stretch even for a rubber band.] When I developed schizophrenia over 50 years ago, these little... Read more »

Welcome to Stigmaville

By Christina Bruni , Health Expert

...strained reunion. Mom is proud, shows her a copy of Schizophrenia Digest with my byline;... Read more »

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Health Guide

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 »

Schizophrenia: Risk Factors

Schizophrenia 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: Introduction

Schizophrenia is a group of psychotic disorders that interfere with thinking and responsiveness. It is a disease of the brain, just like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. The term... Read more »

Causes of Cardiac Enlargement

...Several of the anti-viral medications used to treat HIV Some of the older medications to treat schizophrenia Exposure to metals like cobalt, lead, and mercury (an important ... Read more »

Schizophrenia: Treatment

...fasting blood sugar testing.There may also be an increased background risk of diabetes in patients with schizophrenia. As a precaution, many doctors advise that all patients treated with atypical... Read more »

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Scientists find clues to schizophrenia's causes

March 05, 2009

New research has shed light on dozens of genes that work differently in the brains of people with schizophrenia, data that may give clues to the... Read summary »

Antipsychotic Drug Causes Weight Gain

February 22, 2007

By Lucy Williams, Ivanhoe Health Correspondent ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Some patients undergoing treatment for mental illness gain so... Read summary »

Study: Cancer More Common in Schizophrenia Patients

July 06, 2009

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new study finds people with schizophrenia die from cancer four times as often as people in the general population.... Read summary »

Brain activity in schizophrenia may cause "focus on the self"

January 28, 2009

Scientists at MIT and Harvard say schizophrenia may blur the boundary between internal and external realities by overactivating a brain system that... Read summary »

PCBs Shown to Alter Brain Development

April 23, 2009

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Three recent studies suggest polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, may alter the development of brain cells. They linked exposure... Read summary »

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