In the 1940's they said my grandfather had it from having syphilis. He had to be institutionalized and died there when he contracted something they called "chicken pneumonia." So sad.
Suffered from schizophrenia and syphilis.
There is no evidence that abuse can cause paranoid schizophrenia.
Viruses during the second trimester may be a cause of schizophrenia.
No, it wasn't schizophrenia depression. He died from syphilis and pneumonia. Back then, people who contracted syphilis were placed in asylums because they were considered crazy. I can only imagine how he was treated there.
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.