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Schizophrenia and heredity
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My Mother in law has schizophrenia since she was in her 20's. She is on medication and She has mostly negative symptoms now.
I have 2 children a boy 13 and girl 10. Wanted to know if this disease is hereditary in nature.
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Dr. S Madhavan
Neuropsychiatrist
24 yrs exp
Chennai
Hi having a close relative suffering from schizophrenia increase the risk of schizophrenia in offsprings. But it is not like hereditary conditions where offsprings definitely get the disorder.
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Dr. Sushil Deshmukh
Addiction Psychiatrist
17 yrs exp
Pune
This disorder can be hereditary to say BUT their is a catch.. transmission to offsprings or next generation is NOT like typical hereditary disorders where few of the offsprings get affected or become carriers. So yes genes carry ONLY a risk of this disorder in future generation and NOT the disorder itself like other hereditary disorders! In most cases, environmental factors may play a MAJOR ROLE in causing this disease THAN just genetics. Happy and non stressful life and better ability to handle stress may keep one away from this disorder even if it is present in family. So in one line, if I have to tell your answer, I would again repeat that " Only risk is carried forward and NOT the disorder"
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