Schizophrenia and other types of psychosis incur suffering, high health care costs and loss
of human potential, due to the combination of early onset and poor response to treatment …

Understanding what causes schizophrenia is becoming harder and harder. We know that
schizophrenia has genetic causes, since the most significant risk factor is having a first …

Although a high proportion of liability to schizophrenia is under genetic control, a number of
environmental risk factors have been identified. The earliest of these are complications of …

Recent developments have significantly furthered understanding of genetic and
environmental factors affecting risk for schizophrenia. Environmental effects, such as …

Schizophrenia (SZ) and bipolar disorder (BD) are severe psychiatric disorders which result
from complex interplay between genetic and environmental factors. It is well-established that …

The relatively high heritability of schizophrenia suggests that genetic factors play an
important role in the etiology of the disorder. On the other hand, a number of environmental …

BackgroundData from family, twin and adoption studies show overwhelming evidence of a
substantial genetic component in schizophrenia and although molecular genetic studies …

Traditionally, etiological research of schizophrenia has been focused on elucidating
predisposing genes and environmental risk factors. While numerous putative environmental …

The purpose of this review is to summarize the current state of knowledge on how
nongenetic factors occurring before, during, or soon after birth are related to schizophrenia …

Family, twin, and adoption studies have firmly established the genetic basis for a majority of
cases of schizophrenia. Several other psychiatric disorders probably represent alternative …