schizophrenia may be caused by a virus that attacks the hippocampus, a part of the brain that processes sense perceptions. Damage to the hippocampus would account for schizophrenic patients' vulnerability to sensory overload.
Bradley D Pearce has written: 'Can a virus cause schizophrenia?' -- subject(s): Etiology, Schizophrenia, Complications, Neurovirology, Virus diseases
Schizophrenia is not caused by a virus or bacteria--it does not and cannot "reproduce". Because it is not caused by a virus or bacteria, it is also not "contagious".
There is no evidence that abuse can cause paranoid schizophrenia.
Viruses during the second trimester may be a cause of schizophrenia.
We don't know enough about the origins of schizophrenia to be able to develop a vaccine for it. Also, vaccines only work on viruses, and though there is evidence that schizophrenia may be caused by viruses, schizophrenia itself is not a virus.
No. There are some psychedelic drugs that can mimic schizophrenia, but there is no known external cause.
Although it was once thought that a bad childhood could cause schizophrenia, the current understanding of schizophrenia is of a primarily neurological disease.
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Yes, trauma can cause schizophrenia. There are plently of articles online, if you would like to know more about this.
Psychosocial factors are now thought to influence the expression or severity of schizophrenia, rather than cause it directly.