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If i have a mental illness such as schozophenia, pichotic depression, paranoia will pass it on to future children?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

There can be: Genetic predisposition. Each different mental health disease has different % found in 1st degree relatives or off spring.

Answered 2/10/2014

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Risk: The risk of schizophrenia with one parent having the conditon is 10%. Two parents is 35%. Risk if general population is 1%.

Answered 5/3/2014

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