Abstract Purpose of Review We review recent developments on risk factors in
schizophrenia. Recent Findings The way we think about schizophrenia today is profoundly …

Schizophrenia is generally thought to arise as a result of interactions between genetic
vulnerability and environmental risk factors. However, research methods to actually …

Genetic factors are clearly important in the etiology of schizophrenia, but the environment in
which an individual's genes find expression is also crucial to the development of the illness …

Schizophrenia is a common complex disorder characterized by psychosis, cognitive
dysfunction and negative symptoms, whose etiology involves interactions between both …

Although a high proportion of liability to schizophrenia is under genetic control, a number of
environmental risk factors have been identified. The earliest of these are complications of …

Schizophrenia is a devastating mental illness with a strong genetic component that is the
subject of extensive research. Despite the high heritability, it is well recognized that non …

Traditionally, etiological research of schizophrenia has been focused on elucidating
predisposing genes and environmental risk factors. While numerous putative environmental …

Understanding what causes schizophrenia is becoming harder and harder. We know that
schizophrenia has genetic causes, since the most significant risk factor is having a first …

Genetic factors make important contributions to the etiologies of schizophrenia. The mode of
familial inheritance remains unknown, but it is highly likely that multiple genes and …

The historical and genetic foundations of our current understanding of schizophrenia are
reviewed, as are the present and future directions for research. Genetic epidemiological …