There is evidence that suggests that is lies partly in individual's’ genetic endowment. The chances of someone having schizophrenia increases if a parent has been diagnosed with it. If a sibling has it there is a 1 in 10 chance that another sibling will also develop it. Adoption studies have been done to show that it is genetically based. Children who were the offspring of a person with schizophrenia, but were adopted by people who did not have the disorder, still had a greater risk of developing it.
In conclusion, schizophrenia is a mysterious thing that researchers are still trying to understand. There has not been an exact cause for this disorder that has been proven. The evidence surrounding it shows that it can be due to a number of things. Brain abnormalities, neurotransmitter differences, and genetic influences have all been shown to have connections as to why this disorder develops. Unfortunately, there is no cure for schizophrenia, but there are treatments that allow some people to function in