Abnormal Psychology - Mental Disorders
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Abnormal Psychology-Mental Disorders
Schizophrenia
http://www.mentalhealth.com/book/p40-sc02.html#Head_1
Schizophrenia is a disorder that can effect anyone. It is the greatest the greatest disorder that effects teenagers. When someone is
effected by the disorder it is not just that one person that has to learn to deal with it, the families of the patients must also learn to deal
with it.
There are many possible causes for the disorder with many doctors believing that there is more than one cause. What has been thought
as the main cause for many years is a chemical imbalance in the brain. This could be an imbalance in the number of neurotransmitters
and/or an imbalance in the amount of dopamine. Stress is not thought of as directly causing Schizophrenia, but...