Schizophrenia Mother
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that makes it difficult to tell the difference between real and unreal experiences, to think logically, to have normal emotional responses, and to behave normally in social situations.
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Schizophrenia is a complex illness. Even experts in the field are not sure what causes it.
Genetic factors appear to play a role. People who have family members with schizophrenia may be more likely to get the illness themselves.
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From Our Experts
Was Mother to Blame? Ideas about Social Environment & Relapse in...
The interplay between nature and nurture is a recurring theme in the debate over the development of schizophrenia or its relapse. The... Read more »
The Healing Power of a Mother’s Love
My recovery wasn’t all of one piece, cut from whole cloth. It happened in moments of sorrow and joy, turmoil and ease. In my 20s, I... Read more »
An Interview With Mary Ann Bruni
I believe that each of us has one thing he was put here to do in his lifetime. My mother's "one thing" was to drive me to the hospital. ... Read more »
Schizophrenic Parents Twice as Likely to have Autistic Children
Schizophrenic mothers and fathers are twice as likely to have a child diagnosed with autism. These are the findings from a study... Read more »
Schizophrenia Tactics: How to Stay Out of the Hospital
My story is unusual: My mother drove me to the hospital within 24 hours of my breakdown, a day later I started taking Stelazine, and within... Read more »
From Our Sources
Mother's flu linked to schizophrenia, autism
Schizophrenia is more common in people born during winter and spring months, or following an influenza epidemic. Now researchers may have discovered... Read more »
Mother's Anemia Boosts Baby's Schizophrenia Risk
Doctors have long recommended iron supplements to help women have a healthy pregnancy, but new research suggests that increasing iron consumption... Read more »
Mother-Baby Bonding Chemical May Ease Schizophrenia
Researchers say a nasal spray containing a hormone triggered by pregnancy that helps mothers bond with their babies eased symptoms of ... Read more »
Q&A: Schizophrenia med compliance
A mother writes that her son, who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia, stops taking his Risperdal when he is feeling better. She then has... Read more »
Schizophrenia linked to pregnancy stress
Women who undergo an extremely stressful event--such as the death of a relative--during the first three months of their pregnancy have a higher risk... Read more »
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