Schizophrenia

Experts agree, that schizophrenia develops as a result of interactions between biological predispositions and the type of environment, for which a person is exposed.

These lines of research are converging: abnormal brain development as we have known are the result of genetic predisposition and environmental stressors early stages of development - during pregnancy or in early childhood, which leads to subtle changes in the brain, which in turn makes, develop a schizophrenia in susceptible individuals.

Environmental factors, during early childhood and adolescence can cause brain damage, and thereby further increase the risk of schizophrenia.

In fact, experts say, all that schizophrenia and other mental illnesses are caused by a combination of biological agents, psychological and social, what is called a model of bio-psycho-social.

Studies have shown, that children and teenagers brains are very sensitive to stress (about 5 do 10 times more than in the adult) and can be damaged by stress. To, which seems to be a mild, or moderate stress for adults, can be very chronic stress for the child. The brain damage caused by stress, can significantly increase the risk of many types of mental illness, including schizophrenia, in later adult life.

The good news is, that there is always hope and you can do many things, to reduce the risk of your own or our children to develop schizophrenia. Recent scientific studies on the causes of schizophrenia suggest more, it is possible to, aby zapobiec wielu przypadkom schizofrenii poprzez działania podejmowane już w czasie ciąży (before the birth of man), as well as by the action throughout the early childhood and later life. Such factors prevention can be particularly important for people, who know, family that have various types of severe mental illness as: depression, Bipolar Disorder, schizofrenia, Obsessive-compulsive disorder,