Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Schizophrenia
- Causes
- Biological- Genetic
- If an individual hs a sibling who has a
diagnosis they are 10% more likely to
develop schizophreia themselves
- If an indiviadual has a
twin with a diagnosis of
schizophrenia they are
at 50% chance of
developing it
themselves
- Chemical Imbalance in the brain
- Excessive amounts of
dopamine (neurotransmitter
- Neurodevelopment
- abnormal brain development
- Ventricular enlargement
- Brain Injury
- Gender
- Higher incidence in men
- Psychological
- Social
- Family
- High expressed emotional environment
- Risk factor to developing schizophrenia
- Critisism
- Hostility
- Warmth
- Positive comments
- Emotional over-involvement
- Social Deprivaton
- Poverty
- Ethnicity
- Immigration