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Schizophrenia is a psychotic disorder or group of disorders that affects the normal functioning of the brain and severely impairs thinking, emotion, and behavior. Doctors do not know the specific cause of schizophrenia, but both environmental and genetic factors do play a role. The symptoms of schizophrenia are delusions, hallucinations, flat affect, and disorganized speech, thinking, and behavior.

Schizophrenia relates to the biological approach to psychological disorders in that it is a primarily biological disorder. Schizophrenia is sometimes caused by an excess of the neurotransmitter dopamine, and there are brain defects associated with schizophrenia. Because of this, schizophrenia can be said to be a biological psychological illness.

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