Vol. 37 (1) 2016 Neuro endocrinology letters

Epidemiology and risk factors of schizophrenia.

: Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder that affects approximately one percent of the general population. The pathogenesis of schizophrenia is influenced by many risk factors, both environmental and genetic. The environmental factors include the date of birth, place of birth and seasonal effects, infectious diseases, complications d.....