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The patient with schizophrenia (Specific symptoms she is having, use…
The patient with schizophrenia
The potential biological causes for the Sz
Inheritance from mother
Genetics
Family studies
Stress
On right side of head, sometimes middle
Psychotic depression
Specific symptoms she is having, use biological explanation
Faces distort, eyes go black
People coming into house through outlets
Occasional voice at 16, fully at 18
Self decomposing in mirror
Paranoia and voices
Believing people could read mind
Hard to differentiate what was real and was wasn't
Demons
Evidence for support to make explanation stronger
Family studies
Gottesman (1991)
6% probability of sharing schizophrenia with parents
Clearly shows how genetic similarity and shared risk of schizophrenia are closely related
Schizophrenia can take place in the absence of family history of the disorder