Is all mental disorder constitutional and genetically determined, or is it acquired through traumatic experiences in early childhood?
The debate between somatogenic and psychogenic schools of thought on the causes of mental disorder and the nature-nurture controversy still go on today. Several risk factors seem to prefigure it, the most notable of which are genetics and brain structure. And a combination of these is probably most influential. In addition to these, schizophrenia occurs with changes in brain chemistry, specifically, excessive levels of dopamine. Also, significant changes in the activation of the brain s frontal and parietal lobes have been associated with schizophrenia. Biological Cause: Heredity is the most well established risk. People who have immediate family members with schizophrenia have a 10% chance of developing it, ten times that of the general population. Other personality disorders, including those with psychotic symptoms, also seem to be more prevalent in families with schizophrenia. Despite the chance for inheritance, the number of children born to parents with schizophrenia doubled in th
