Schizophrenia is a personality disorder that affects a person's ability to think, feel and behave clearly.
Although there is a very strong genetic component to schizophrenia, genes alone do not completely explain the illness. Rather it is believed that genes do not directly cause schizophrenia, but do make a person vulnerable to developing the disease alongside other factors such as the environment and altered brain chemistry and structure
Schizophrenia is a personality disorder that affects a person's ability to think, feel and behave clearly.
Although there is a very strong genetic component to schizophrenia, genes alone do not completely explain the illness. Rather it is believed that genes do not directly cause schizophrenia, but do make a person vulnerable to developing the disease alongside other factors such as the environment and altered brain chemistry and structure.
Part of the brain,superior and anterior to the brain stem. Inferior to the thalamus a section of the brain responsible for hormone production. Also responsible for the direct control of the endocrine system through the pituitary gland.
