ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR
SCHIZOPHRENIA
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Question
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childhood trauma
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poverty
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living in a rural area
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weak ethnic identity
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Detailed explanation-1: -Environmental risk factors such as pregnancy and birth complications, childhood trauma, migration, social isolation, urbanicity, and substance abuse, alone and in combination, acting at a number of levels over time, influence the individual’s likelihood to develop the disorder.
Detailed explanation-2: -Environmental factors that have been repeatedly investigated and often associated with SZ include: obstetric complications, infections, winter or spring birth, migration, urban living, childhood adversity, and cannabis use.
Detailed explanation-3: -Prenatal infections that have been associated with schizophrenia include rubella, influenza, and toxoplasmosis. Maternal cytokines, including interleukin-8, are also significantly increased in pregnancies giving rise to schizophrenia cases.