The causes of schizophrenia that underlie the development of schizophrenia, a psychiatric disorder, are complex and not clearly understood. A number of hypotheses including the dopamine hypothesis, …

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by significant alterations in perception, thoughts, mood, and behavior. [35] Symptoms are described in terms of positive, negative, and cognitive …

Schizophrenia is thought to have a heritable component in some people, but many people who appear to carry schizophrenia-associated genes may not develop the disease. [12] Research has shown that …

The two principal models that attempt to explain this relationship are the social causation theory, which posits that socioeconomic inequality causes stress that gives rise to mental illness, and the …

The epigenetics of schizophrenia is the study of how inherited epigenetic changes are regulated and modified by the environment and external factors and how these changes influence the onset and …

Diathesis–stress model Schematic of diathesis–stress model The diathesis–stress model, also known as the vulnerability–stress model, is a psychological theory that attempts to explain a disorder, or its …

A related view, the diathesis-stress model, posits that mental disorders result from genetic dispositions and environmental stressors, combining to cause patterns of distress or dysfunction. [27] The model …

Another theory suggests that the disorder is caused by poor coping skills, as a defense against or escape from a particularly frightening or stressful situation. These factors may create a vulnerability …