Describe and discuss two possible causes of schizophrenia (one biological, one psychological) suggested by psychologists, making reference to empirical evidence in your answer. Schizophrenia is probably the most serious mental illness recognized in the ICD (International Standard Classification of Diseases, Injures and Causes of Death). It is a disorder that causes the personality to lose its unity and occurs when thoughts and feelings become split from one another, causing bizarre and often unsociable behaviour. The …
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…if a person with a genetic pre-disposition to schizophrenia, such as MZ twins, or the offspring of a schizophrenic parent, were raised in a household, which exhibited High EE, then according to the evidence presented they would have a greater chance of being diagnosed with schizophrenia than the rest of the general population. Studies into the causes of schizophrenia continue today and many longitudinal (large scale prospective) studies continue to be conducted with high-risk families.