Question 1

what are the causes of schizophrenia or schitzoaffective disorder?

Accepted Answer

Some causes: Genetics due play a role, but in a small percentage. Environmental factors may be involved, such as exposure to viruses or malnutrition before birth, problems during birth, and psychosocial factors. Another cause is an imbalance in the brain involving the neurotransmitters Dopamine and glutamate, and possibly others play a role in schizophrenia. More research is needed - still a lot of unknowns.

Question 2

doctors, what are the causes of schizophrenia?

Accepted Answer

Multifactorial: Actual is yet to be known

does involve an inherited or spontaneously acquired genetic risk and concurrent stress 

the resultant symptoms are currently believed to be contributed to by aberrant functions of neurochemicals in the central nervous system.  Ultimately, this is likely too simple of an explanation.

Question 3

what causes schizophrenia?  is there a cure for it?

Accepted Answer

Schizophrenia : Genetically based chronic psychiatric illness. Treatment provides symptom relief.

Question 4

is there evidence that dopamine is the cause of schizophrenia?

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Hypothesis : I believe you're referring to a theory known as the dopamine hypothesis. Dopamine is a nerotransmitter which, according to the theory, is in excess. That means there's too much dopamine in the neuroreceptors, and this contributes to the symptoms of schizophrenia.

Question 5

what exactly about schizophrenia causes people to be delusional?

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At least 2 things: Either hallucination or loose association alone can initiate delusions. Often they work together to start and maintain delusions. Imagine if you hear something that is just as real as anything else, why would you not conclude that it is real, and come up with an explanation for it? Explanations can be delusional when seeded by hallucinations, or when unrelated observations get mis-associated.

Question 6

which types of deficiencies in childhood can cause schizophrenia?

Accepted Answer

Not a cause: Deficiency of any kind is not known to be a cause of schizophrenia (a brain disorder). The precise cause of schizophrenia is unknown. Some researchers suspect that environmental factors may increase the risk of triggering schizophrenia. Viruses, toxins or malnutrition while in the womb, stressful life circumstances, and taking psychoactive drugs during adolescence are also being studied, e.g.

Question 7

help plz! can schizophrenia medication cause a man to become sterile?

Accepted Answer

Yes.: Antipsychotics causes Dopamine blockade increasing levels of Prolactin which causes unovulation and irregular menstrual cycles due to decrease levels of Follicle stimulating hormones and Estrogen. It also causes decrease libido, galactorrhea and osteoporosis.
For man, the there is decrease in testosterone and galactorrhea and decrease libido.

Question 8

please tell me, could schizophrenia medication cause a man to become sterile?

Accepted Answer

Don't count on it: Please continue to use contraception and practice safe sex.  If you believe you are having infertility problems, you should seek medical help to evaluate the cause of infertility.  Many men who take schizophrenia medication are able to father children.  Sterility is not a common side effect of medications.

Question 9

could you tell me what is the evidence that says dopamine is the cause of schizophrenia?

Accepted Answer

It's not: The Dopamine hypothesis was obviously not the full story even in the 1970's. Schizophrenia is a neurodegenerative disease, with particular nerve cells lost that are required for logical thinking and keeping dreams out of waking life.

Question 10

what can cause schizophrenia?

Accepted Answer

Multifactorial: As with many medical conditions the causes of schizophrenia are not fully know. It is believed they are polygenetic, with multiple genes interacting resulting in some degree of vulnerability or resistance to the condition. This biology then interacts with environmental factors, both positive and negative which can have different effects based upon when in life or how many/often they occur.

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