Doctors don’t know for sure what causes schizophrenia. Research shows a combination of genetics and your environment can trigger the disease. If you have a family member with schizophrenia, you ...

Schizophrenia, a severe psychiatric disorder affecting about 1% of the population, has long been known to have both genetic and environmental roots.

A new study published in Nature Mental Health has found that people with a higher genetic risk for schizophrenia tend to have ...

Genetic ties between schizophrenia, autism, and ADHD indicate a shared neurodevelopmental origin. The uneven distribution of rare genetic mutations suggests a continuum of disorders influenced by ...

Genetic risk of schizophrenia affects men and women differently Date: February 26, 2025 Source: Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona Summary: A research study has analyzed the relation between the ...

Sheng said genetics plays a big part in bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder and schizophrenia. But experience and environment also play a big part, and these things interact in subtle ways.

This rich patient and genetic dataset allowed Warren to attempt something new: examining genes linked to specific neural pathways to see if they are drivers of particular schizophrenia symptoms.

Rare genetic variants that may increase the likelihood of neuropsychiatric disorders (NPDs), such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, have been found in around one in 100 people in the general ...

Genetics plays a significant role in the development of schizophrenia. People with a first-degree relative (parent, sibling, or child) with schizophrenia are ten times more likely to develop the ...

The genetic overlap between schizophrenia and smoking behavior means that people with schizophrenia may be more affected by nicotine’s addictive properties, the authors note.

Genetics plus SUDs might bring on schizophrenia. A theory called the diathesis-stress model takes the viewpoint that, when genetic tendencies toward schizophrenia mix with severe substance use ...