what causes schizophrenia?

Question

i've had it since age 14.

Answer 1

It is primarily a chemical imbalance. Schizophrenia may have a genetic quality that emerges due to exposure to chemicals, or possibly even the onset of adolescence can trigger the mechanisms that result in schizophrenia.

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Take your medicines which are prescribed by your medical practitioner. It is controllable with medical treatment.

Good luck with your struggle, and stay faithful to your medical treatments, even if you do not think you need them. Researchers are doing much good work, and it is possible they may develop a cure rather than a treatment.

Answer 2

There is no known single cause of schizophrenia. Many diseases, such as heart disease, result from an interplay of genetic, behavioral, and other factors; and this may be the case for schizophrenia as well. Scientists do not yet understand all of the factors necessary to produce schizophrenia, but all the tools of modern biomedical research are being used to search for genes, critical moments in brain development, and other factors that may lead to the illness.

Is Schizophrenia Inherited?

It has long been known that schizophrenia runs in families. People who have a close relative with schizophrenia are more likely to develop the disorder than are people who have no relatives with the illness. For example, a monozygotic (identical) twin of a person with schizophrenia has the highest risk – 40 to 50 percent – of developing the illness. A child whose parent has schizophrenia has about a 10 percent chance. By comparison, the risk of schizophrenia in the general population is about 1 percent.

Scientists are studying genetic factors in schizophrenia. It appears likely that multiple genes are involved in creating a predisposition to develop the disorder. In addition, factors such as prenatal difficulties like intrauterine starvation or viral infections, perinatal complications, and various nonspecific stressors, seem to influence the development of schizophrenia. However, it is not yet understood how the genetic predisposition is transmitted, and it cannot yet be accurately predicted whether a given person will or will not develop the disorder.

Several regions of the human genome are being investigated to identify genes that may confer susceptibility for schizophrenia. The strongest advertisement


evidence to date leads to chromosomes 13 and 6 but remains unconfirmed. Identification of specific genes involved in the development of schizophrenia will provide important clues into what goes wrong in the brain to produce and sustain the illness and will guide the development of new and better treatments

Answer 3

There is no known single cause of schizophrenia, although research is focused on several factors believed to contribute to its development. These factors include genetics (heredity), chemical imbalance, and complications during pregnancy and birth. Schizophrenia is known to run in families, and people who have a close relative with schizophrenia are more likely to develop this illness than those who do not.

Answer 4

Scientists are studying genetic factors in schizophrenia. It appears likely that multiple genes are involved in creating a predisposition to develop the disorder. In addition, factors such as prenatal difficulties like intrauterine starvation or viral infections, perinatal complications, and various nonspecific stressors, seem to influence the development of schizophrenia. However, it is not yet understood how the genetic predisposition is transmitted, and it cannot yet be accurately predicted whether a given person will or will not develop the disorder.

Answer 5

My brother who died two years ago was schizophrenic. He died from being an alcoholic and diabetic. Trying to escape I suppose. Bless your heart. I can't stress enough how important it is to see a good doctor and psychiatrist. Do what they say. Stay on your meds. I have read, and read, and read, and read until I can't read anymore wanting to know what happened to my baby brother. He was fine until his late teens. I do know that mental illness runs in my family. My mother is bi-polar and now lives with me. It's hard. I wish you all the best. Just please take your medication, it does help. I hope you have an understanding family. We took care of my brother or he would have been out on the streets homeless. He was not able to hold down a job. I sure hope you have people to take care of you if you are not able to be on your own.

Although no definite causes of schizophrenia have been identified, most researchers and clinicians currently believe that schizophrenia is primarily a disorder of the brain. It is thought that schizophrenia may result from a mixture of genetic disposition (genetic studies using various techniques have shown relatives of people with schizophrenia are more likely to show signs of schizophrenia themselves) and environmental stress (research suggests that stressful life events may precede a schizophrenic episode).

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Answer 6

Schizophrenia is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes a mental disorder characterized by impairments in the perception or expression of reality and/or by significant social or occupational dysfunction. A person experiencing untreated schizophrenia is typically characterized as demonstrating disorganized thinking, and as experiencing delusions or auditory hallucinations. Although the disorder is primarily thought to affect cognition, it can also contribute to chronic problems with behavior and emotion. Due to the many possible combinations of symptoms, there is ongoing and heated debate about whether the diagnosis necessarily or adequately describes a disorder, or alternatively whether it might represent a number of disorders. For this reason, Eugen Bleuler deliberately called the disease "the schizophrenias" plural, when he coined the present name.

Diagnosis is based on the self-reported experiences of the patient, in combination with secondary signs observed by a psychiatrist, clinical psychologist or other competent clinician. There is no objective biological test for schizophrenia, though studies suggest that genetics, neurobiology and social environment are important contributing factors. Current research into the development of the disorder often focuses on the role of neurobiology, although a reliable and identifiable organic cause has not been found. In the absence of objective laboratory tests to confirm the diagnosis, some question the legitimacy of schizophrenia's status as a disease. Furthermore, some question the status of schizophrenia as a disease on the basis that they do not consider their condition to be an impairment.

The term schizophrenia translates roughly as "shattered mind," and comes from the Greek σχίζω (schizo, "to split" or "to divide") and φρήν (phrēn, "mind"). Despite its etymology, schizophrenia is not synonymous with dissociative identity disorder, also known as multiple personality disorder or "split personality"; in popular culture the two are often confused. Although schizophrenia often leads to social or occupational dysfunction, there is little association of the illness with a predisposition toward aggressive behavior.

Patients diagnosed with schizophrenia are highly likely to be diagnosed with other disorders. The lifetime prevalence of substance abuse is typically around 40%. Comorbidity is also high with clinical depression, anxiety disorders, social problems, and a generally decreased life expectancy is also present. Patients diagnosed with schizophrenia typically live 10-12 years less than their healthy counterparts, owing to increased physical health problems and a high suicide rate.

Answer 7

we all have chemical messengers in the brain. one is called dopamine and it runs between the nerve cells of the brain. it is believed that if we have too much of that chemical it is responsible for causing the person to hear voices, experience halucinations, and have odd thoughts and other things that accompany schizophrenia. usually it does not begin until your 20's or early 30's but there are different cases. as you are aware continue to take your medication and you can live a successfull life. good luck to you.

Answer 8

Its family inherited, if you research your family history you will find out that some of your ancestors had it too. Its a gene that its past down.

Answer 9

It is a loss of grip on reality don;t do drugs get the proper amt of sleep try not to get overly stressed and try St. John's Wort and Ginkobiloba vitamins and herbs.

Answer 10

Chemical imbalance.