Is paranoia schizophrenia hereditary?

Answer 1

Schizophrenia is hereditary. It occurs in 1 percent of the general population but is seen in 10 percent of people with a first-degree relative (a parent, brother, or sister) with the disorder. People who have second-degree relatives (aunts, uncles, grandparents, or cousins) with the disease also develop schizophrenia more often than the general population. The identical twin of a person with schizophrenia is most at risk, with a 40 to 65 percent chance of developing the disorder. Although there is a genetic risk for schizophrenia, it is not likely that genes alone are sufficient to cause the disorder. Interactions between genes and the environment are thought to be necessary for schizophrenia to develop. Many environmental factors have been suggested as risk factors, such as exposure to viruses or malnutrition in the womb, problems during birth, and psychosocial factors, like stressful environmental conditions.

You can't "catch" schizophrenia from others or from a trauma. One of the explainations for the cause of schizophrenia is the diathesis-stress theory, which states that some people are born with a risk to develop schizophrenia. However, that risk is not "activated" until they experience something traumatic.

Answer 2

Is Schizophrenia Hereditary

Answer 3

I am going to disagree with the previous four answers; I don't believe there is any definitive scientific evidence "schizophrenia paranoia" is hereditary. Look up the condition give in quotes here, in Yahoo! web search. Wikipedia has a good summary.

I am a schizophrenia paranoid (paranoia is an irrational suspicion of others) and I think it is a condition caused by ones environment. We in the USA live in a paranoid nation. Why else is there 9 guns owned here for every 10 citizens who are not law enforcement, hunters, children or military? And why do we persist in keeping a nuclear arsenal of over 5000 warheads? It is due, I think, to an unrealistic fear of others. How can one possibly call an others paranoia a disorder when it is a condition that is so prevalent in society?

Good luck in your relations, good mental health, peace and Love!

Answer 4

Yes, it can be hereditary, or you can contract the illness from a life trauma experience. I had a very stressful job when schitozphrenia symptoms began to interfer with my work. I had to quit work, and then lost my apartment and became homeless. That made the schizophrenia much worse and I had to be hospitalized. No one in my family has had this illness. I saw and heard things that weren't there, but they were very real to me.

I went on several medications, and today I live a normal happy life.

Answer 5

paranoia schizophrenia hereditary

Answer 6

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First off Schizophrenia is a hereditary condition. There is often a trigger for the first episode but your friend could have slipped you stuff every day of your life and if you did not have the genetics for Schitzophenia you would not have developed it. Nor could you choose to develop such a dehabilitating condition. It is in your genetics. Not something you decide to do one day. Somebody blaming you for having episodes is like blaming you for being born with two arms. It just happened, it's not something within your control. The military of course had to discharge you. If you were to have an episode while at a machine gun many lives could be lost. Key charactoristics of Schizo behavior is paranoia and hallucinations. Would be quite easy to confuse American troops or Iraqi civillians as insurgents during an episode. I'm not sure that your community is shunning you for being discharged as much as for you being Schizo. Remember a key defining aspect is paranoia. So many of those who have "shunned" you might have not started out that way but are reacting more to your assumptions about them than anything else. Even in modern society there is a big stigma on Schizophrenics. While on meds the worst is controlled. Off meds you will be an unpredictable and potentially dangerous disruption. Schizos are notorious for burning down houses, committing random acts of violence and other destructive behavior. Not intentionally but because of paranoid delusions. Schitzos are also well known for getting off their meds because of the severe and frequent side effects of the meds. I would suggest moving to a more tolerant community and one that's going to help you stay on your meds. That is the key. Your life is pretty much over if you wind up getting into the cycle many Schitzos get into with on the meds, then off, then into an institution, then back out strait to the streets. Then eventually back on the meds, then rebuilding something of a life then getting off the meds and destroying that life. Back to an institution to start the whole cycle over again. You qualify for disability and should get on disability. You alway want to build safeguards into your life that enforce you taking your meds. Your meds are your lifeline to society. They are your ability to function and avoid the misery that charactorizes the lives of most Schizos. Most important, your actions when in a state of extreme paranoid delusion may take an innocent life and that will haunt you the rest of your days. So taking your meds is crucial. Staying on them is crucial. You need to build a life that forces you to stay on those meds. That allows for problems which will occasionally come out even while on your meds. Sounds like where you are at right now is a bad place to be. That it will only increase your problems. That is the LAST thing you want. Low key, low pressure environment is what you want to set up. A certain amount of regimentation. A group empowered to keep you on your meds, get you help when you fall of the meds and watch over your stuff if your locked up for a time. Some folks you can trust even through the paranoia. That will take the effort to make sure your staying on your meds. That you will listen too when they say take your meds. You have a hard road ahead of you. I do not envy you. I've watched others go through it. I would not wish it on anyone. Heed my advice and you can save yourself a great deal of sorrow. The mechanisms of your disease are finally starting to be understood and one day there is hope for a real cure. Until then your meds are your crutch. Your lifeline to the world and a semblence of normalcy and happiness.

Answer 7

Yes

Answer 8

Yes, it is possible for nearly any mental illness to be hereditary.

Answer 9

Usually, it can go back from many generations. My anxiety did.
It could also come upon someones childhood or a traumatic thing.