Genetics contribute to the likelyhood of one getting schizophrenia. Many family studies have been done and the results showed that the risk of schizophrenia is higher with the patients relatives than others in the general public.”Studies using operational diagnostic criteria and meticulously collected control samples have found that fi rst-degree relatives have 3 – 15% risk of developing schizophrenia, while relatives of healthy controls have 0.5 – 1% risk (5)” (http://web.ebscohost.com).
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