The cause of schizophrenia is unknown. Scientists think that schizophrenia may develop from a combination of genetic, brain chemistry, and environmental 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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The precise cause of childhood schizophrenia is not known. As with adult schizophrenia there is an assumed relationship between genetic... Read more »
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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 »
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Schizoid personality disorder is a psychiatric condition in which a person has a lifelong pattern of indifference to others and social... Read more »
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Doctors often group symptoms of schizophrenia into three categories: Positive, negative, and cognitive.Positive SymptomsPositive symptoms include the... Read more »
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