Schizophrenia causes
The Neurodevelopmental model of Schizophrenia
The neurodevelopmental model of schizophrenia provides a framework for understanding how OCs interact with the developing brain to…
What types of OCs are associated with Schizophrenia?
OCs have been linked to the etiology of schizophrenia since the 1960s when Lane and Albee (1966) first…
How do OCs operate within the etiology of Schizophrenia?
An array of models has been proposed to explain how OCs contribute to the causes of schizophrenia. We…
Envoronmental Pre- and Perinatal Influences in Etiology
A few specific pregnancy and perinatal factors were associated with the subsequent development of psychotic disorder, particularly schizophrenia,…
Family Environment - schizophrenia
Although early schizophrenia researchers such as Bleuler and Kraepelin insisted that schizophrenia is, at its core, a disease…
Schizophrenia and Neurotransmitters
When scientists study how the brains of people with mental illness are different, they are commonly interested in…
Brain Differences in schizophrenia
In the past, researchers could only examine the brain after a patient died. Now, there is technology that…
Schizophrenia causes - Prenatal Environment
When we think of a child’s “environment,” we tend to think of their family and friends. In fact,…
Adoption Studies
Why are some twin pairs concordant for schizophrenia whereas others are not? There must be factors other than…
Risk factors for schizophrenia
Why do some people develop schizophrenia rather than others? Risk factors are the characteristics that may make a…
Schizophrenia causes
The causes of schizophrenia are not known. However, an interplay of genetic, biological, environmental, and psychological factors are…
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