Suggest Treatment For Schizophrenia

Posted on Mon, 12 Jun 2017

Question: how can someone be totally ok, and then just go off the deep end. hearing voices, reality becomes fictional etc.. but has a long history of drug abuse.
At the moment the doctor in XXXXXXX is using a diagnosis of psychotic disorders.

Answered by Dr. Klarida Papaqako (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Multifactorial causes, multigene interaction and environmental influences

Detailed Answer:
Hello,

Thank you for using Healthcaremagic to post your health query.
I read carefully your question.

I am sorry to hear about your daughter and all you are going through, because it can be a problem that all the family has to be involved in a way.
Psychotic disorders and Schizophrenia has many many theories for the causes of it, but not really one who would for sure explain it- multifactorial, with multigene interaction and environmental influences in a susceptible person.

The evidences had found that generally it starts in the age range 15-30 years/old and the younger the person is, the worse it course will be.

Not being able to find a cause, has lead also to difficulty of treating it finally, and so these patients would need constant medications, and also would have constant reacutisations.

I don't know if I answered your question, but I hope I helped clarify you a bit. Feel free to ask again, if you have any other thing that needs clarifications.

Regards,
Dr. Papaqako

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