In the past, research on how schizophrenia develops in individuals focused heavily on genetic factors. However, more recent research is now making it increasingly clear that the environment in which we grew up is strongly related to our chances of developing a psychotic disorder, such as schizophrenia, in adulthood. Indeed, a meta-analysis of the relevant research, conducted at the … Read the rest “Those Raised In Care Homes More Likely To Develop Paranoia”
Does Childhood Trauma Cause Schizophrenia?
I remember when I was doing my first degree in psychology at the University of London that, when we studied schizophrenia, in trying to explain its causes we concentrated largely upon examining genetic explanations and, also, explanations based upon the existence of individual differences in brain chemistry and brain biology.
More recently, however, evidence … Read the rest “Schizophrenia: Study Reveals Those Traumatized In Childhood Up To Fifty Times More Likely To Develop It”
