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Health Topicsmental health-behaviorWhat Do We Know About the Causes of Schizophrenia?

What Do We Know About the Causes of Schizophrenia?

Written by Jameson Kowalczyk. Medically reviewed in May 2023 by Mark Arredondo, MD.

How early can we identify the first episode of schizophrenia? Jeffrey Borenstein, MD, a psychiatrist at The Brain and Behavior Research Foundation, describes the causes of schizophrenia and how to screen for them.

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