SCHIZOPHRENIA 

What is schizophrenia ?

Symptoms

Causes

Why is it an issue ?

New discovery 

WHAT IS SCHIZOPHRENIA ?

  • Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that effects the way one thinks

 

  • It effects 1% of people worldwide 

 

SYMPTOMS 

  • NEGATIVE SYMTOMS
  • POSITIVE SYMPTOMS 

CAUSES

  • Psychological explanation

 

  • Biological explanation 

psychological explanation

  • Faulty thoughts

         hallucination 

  • difficulties in focusing or filtering out irrelevant informations
  • family issue / learning environment 
  • childhood problems

 

BIOlOGICAL

  • Genetics
  • Family studies
  • Twin studies 

TREATMENT

Therapies  

Drugs - only psychotics 

Treats only few symptoms 

 

NEW DISCOVERY

GENETICS

Faster synapse elimination

108 GENES

GENES IN THE IMMUNE SYSTEM


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