is schizophrenia a biological disorder?

Answer 1

Yes. Schizophrenia is a neruobiological disease.

from http://www.healthcentral.com/schizophrenia/causes-000047_1-145.html
"Schizophrenia is a group of psychotic disorders that interfere with thinking and responsiveness. It is a disease of the brain, just like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases."

There's a lot of great information on http://www.SchizophreniaCommection.com

Answer 2

I know that the majority of medical professionals say schizophrenia is a genetic, biological disorder caused by a physically abnormal brain. I know my hallucinations were improved and I hope eliminated (I haven't had a serious hallucination in 10 years) by medications which suggests they had a healing effect on an abnormal brain. I know I have no rational explanation for an alternate cause for the disorder, YET:

I have a gut feeling that for those who hallucinate that a malfunctioning brain doesn't seem to cut it scientifically, WHY?

The symptoms (voices and visual apparitions) start out suddenly with no prior lead in conditions. The voices and poltergeist like phenomena continue even after one is on a regimen of neuroleptic medications. These phenomena gradually taper off to become quiescent after some years (all the time being on neuroleptic meds). When one voluntarily stops the medications and is off them for months (up to one year) the hallucinatory phenomena don't start up again as they would seem to have to if there is an ongoing abnormal brain. In short there is not rigid correlation between symptomology and treatment or lack of it by meds.

The fact that those on meds usually get TLC might be just as healing as the meds themselves.

I could ask in response, "Why do you want to know?" If you have been or have a loved on who has been diagnosed with hallucinatory schizophrenia then: GOOD HEALTH, GOOD LUCK, PEACE and LOVE!

Answer 3

Yes, and it's hereditary.