Is the root of schitzophrenia caused by trauma?

Question

The people I know that are "now" schitzo were not always that way. In each case the person has been traumatized as a child or young teen. I believe Satan is the mastermind. When a person's mind is weekened due to some sort of trauma, molestation, death, abuse. Drugs do not cause schitzo but will intensify the effects.

Answer 1

I agree with what you're saying. Trauma causes a lot of stress to the physical and mental parts of the body but also is a spiritual attack as well. Not many pscychologists would probably agree with your satanic assessment unless they are Christians themselves. Reading Neil Anderson's books can be helpful in this area.

Answer 2

There is a theory called the diathesis stress model. According to this theory, people may have a genetic predisposition to mental illness (like schizophrenia), but the illness remains "dormant" until a traumatic event, which then activates it, causing symptoms to manifest.
Long-term or serious drug abuse can cause psychotic symptoms, including paranoia and hallucinations.
Schizophrenia, like most major mental illnesses is highly genetic. Its not demon or Satan possession. Think of it this way. If schizophrenia is highly genetic and a parent is psychotic and unstable, it is probably more likely that the parent will abuse, neglect, or traumatize their child. Not saying that this is true of all schizophrenic parents, just the ones that never take their meds and never take care of themselves or others. So, it will be difficult to determine if a child's schizophrenia is caused by genetics (from his/her parent's mental illness) or the simultaneous maltreatment by the schizophrenic parent.
There was some research many, many years ago on the schizophrenigenic mother. Basically, this theory tried to attempt to identify personality characteristics in the mother that will cause psychotic symptoms in a child. This theory has since been mostly refuted.

Answer 3

Well, the term "schizophrenia" is a serious and profound psychiatric disorder. Neither you nor I can diagnose someone as suffering from schizophrenia (unless you're a psychiatrist or know people that have been diagnosed by a psychiatrist). From what I know, trauma such as the types you mentioned in your question may, or may not (in many cases) increase the likelihood of developing the disease. It's thought that there may be a genetic predisposition (inherited) for developing the disease (which is biological; meaning the actual brain chemicals are out of balance), or that some families may have a history of mental illness. On the other hand, people who haven't had profound trauma or a family history of illness, have been known to get the disease. Either way, it's quite a horrific disease, many people who suffer from it have to be treated with meds the rest of their lives, and many actually hear "voices" in their heads.

Answer 4

"Hi christgoing!
What are the causes of schizophrenia?

Scientists still do not know the specific causes of schizophrenia, but research has shown that the brains of people with schizophrenia are different, as a group, from the brains of people without the illness. Like many other medical illnesses such as cancer or diabetes, schizophrenia seems to be caused by a combination of problems including genetic vulnerability and environmental factors that occur during a person's development. Recent research has identified the first genes that appear to increase risk for schizophrenia. Like cancer and diabetes, the genes only increase the chances of becoming ill, and do not cause the illness all by themselves.

Although I have a religiousity, and sincerely believe in a creator, I just don't know that the cause of schitzophrenia is the Devil; however, I dare anyone to say it's not. The mechanisms, if genetic, can be said to be evil ... representing an empiricistic unknown.

Schitzophrenia is treated by hospitalization, medication, "atypical" antipsychotics and psychosocial rehabilitation. Who knows, it may respond to exorcism."

Answer 5

If you're looking for an answer rooted in religion, I'm afraid I don't have information to provide for you.

What I can tell you from personal experience working in the field of forensic psychiatry is that a majority of clients have the following in common:

1. Trauma in their history.
2. Unstable family enviroments.
3. Recreational drug use.
4. Recreational alcohol use.
5. A family member who has had a mental disorder of some type.

Those are listed in no paticular order.

As to your last point, of drugs not causing schitzophrenia, I believe that I disagree. There are some clients who have no other factors which I listed above save for the recreational drug use. Indeed, psychotic episodes induced by recreational drug use are not at all uncommon within the psychiatric world.

Answer 6

The causes of schizophrenia are not known. However, an interplay of genetic, biological, environmental, and psychological factors are thought to be involved.


A pervasive pattern of detachment from social relationships and a restricted range of expression of emotions in interpersonal settings, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by four (or more) of the following:

(1) neither desires nor enjoys close relationships, including being part of a family

(2) almost always chooses solitary activities

(3) has little, if any, interest in having sexual experiences with another person

(4) takes pleasure in few, if any, activities

(5) lacks close friends or confidants other than first-degree relatives

(6) appears indifferent to the praise or criticism of others

(7) shows emotional coldness, detachment, or flattened affectivity

Answer 7

All of these factors may intensify or trigger schizophrenic episodes, but primarily it is a problem of brain chemistry. The brain is a very complex organ. Many people suffer trauma, molestation, death, or abuse, without it resulting in schizophrenia. Why? Because their brains don't have that exact kind of vulnerability. They react in different ways. Of course trauma complicates life for anybody.

Answer 8

Shitzophrenia is hereditary so you have to look at the family history to see if someone else suffered from that condition. Just because someone was traumatized doesnt mean that they are suffering from that, there can be some symptoms but it doesnt mean its schitzophrenia. I suggest you read more about the subject before you can say something like that.

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Answer 10

now now now get back to freaking reality. Name any substantiated evidence that satan exists. The bible is not evidence it's fiction. Shitsofrenia is caused by an imbalance in neuro transmitters thus causing perfectly normal retarded person to trip