Causes Of Schizophrenia
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Illnesses like schizophrenia bring untold misery to sufferers and
their families. The suffering is magnified because of the unique
stigma attached to these illnesses. Unlike other illnesses, it marks
not only afflicted individuals, but also their relatives. For example the concep ....
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.... with several affected members. While such clustering'could also be due to shared non-inherited (environmental') factors,more convincing evidence has come from twin studies, as well as studies of ill individuals who were adopted away before the onset
of illness.
It is fair to say that even such studies do not suggest inherited
factors as the sole causes. A more reasonable explanation is that
there are individuals who have an inherited proneness to illness.
Such individuals may fall ill, ....
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