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What causes scizophrenia? |
Issue Can a person become scizophrenic from a early childhood head injury? Best Tip Yes, that is one of the causes. "Individuals with schizophrenia are twice as likely to have suffered childhood head injury than their healthy siblings, say scientists from Canada.Researchers from the universities of Toronto and Waterloo, both in Ontario, also found that children with a genetic predisposition for schizophrenia appeared to develop the mental disorder earlier if they received a mild head injury during childhood." Source(s): http://www.schizophrenia.com/ http://www.emedicine.com/cgi-bin/foxweb.... Others It appears that schizophrenia is not necessarily caused by head trauma, but the mechanics are still vague and uncertain Its usually hereditary... passed on in SOME cases (not all) through family genes. something to do with the dopamine levels in the brain schizophrenia is a genetic disorder and usually has its onset in late teens, early adulthood head injuries can cause schizophrenic type behaviour, but not schizophrenia - the behaviour would not be delayed by years, but would be immediately apparent if it were due to a head injury. If it were due to haemorrhaging, the effects may not be apparent for sometime after the injury, but not months or years afterward. a bad trip in yo fuzzynuts |
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