How can one get schizophrenia?

Unknown: You can not acquire or get schizophrenia, it is an abnormal thought process that patients are born with and an even or genetic signal turns the disease one. Some disease or drugs can mimick the behaviors of all mood disorders and this can be confused as a person being schizophrenic at times.

Genetic: Either from heredity or from other causes which are largely unknown. We know that one has about a 50 % chance of having schizophrenia if both parents have it and about 10% if just one parent. Also, there are cases of schizophrenia in which no known family member has the condition. About 1% of the population has schizophrenia.