Is Schizophrenia Always Genetic?

Is Schizophrenia Always Genetic?
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Aside from being a lifelong chronic disorder, schizophrenia is a mystery to researchers as its exact cause still remains undetermined. Schizophrenia is a serious mental disorder that makes people interpret reality abnormally or in a distorted manner. Symptoms include continuous or relapsing mental episodes of psychosis where the individual develops delusion, hallucinations, and disorganized thinking, eventually leading to apathy, social detachment, and decreased emotional expressions. 
There have been several theories on the causes of the disease, all of which mainly link the mental disorder to genetics, making schizophrenia a hereditary disorder. 
Sumaya Hazarika
Sumaya Hazarika
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Sumaya Hazarika is pursuing her Masters in Anthropology, and thoroughly intrigued by science and spirituality. She covers mental health, psychosomatic disorders, and parapsychology for The Epoch Times.
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