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What Causes Schizophrenia?

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Posted on Thu, 7 May 2015
Question: Why do i have Schizophrenia? Do i have Schizophrenia?
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Answered by Dr. Shubham Mehta (51 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
mental status examination.

Detailed Answer:
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Welcome to HCM.

Schizophrenia is a type of psychosis in which there are delusions and hallucinations.

It usually develops due to neurochemical imbalance in brain.

Family history of psychosis, psychological factors like stress, social factors like lack of emotional support can contribute to genesis of schizophrenia.

Whether you have schizophrenia or not, this can be confirmed only after a detailed mental status examination by a psychiatrist.
There are no blood tests or imaging investigations which can diagnose schizophrenia.

Hope this answers your query.

Feel free to ask further.

Thanks.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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What Causes Schizophrenia?

Brief Answer: mental status examination. Detailed Answer: Hello Welcome to HCM. Schizophrenia is a type of psychosis in which there are delusions and hallucinations. It usually develops due to neurochemical imbalance in brain. Family history of psychosis, psychological factors like stress, social factors like lack of emotional support can contribute to genesis of schizophrenia. Whether you have schizophrenia or not, this can be confirmed only after a detailed mental status examination by a psychiatrist. There are no blood tests or imaging investigations which can diagnose schizophrenia. Hope this answers your query. Feel free to ask further. Thanks.