One of the strongest evidence for a genetic influence would
have to be to locate the gene that is consistently linked with schizophrenia. Then
again, if schizophrenia depended on a single gene, it would be hard for that
gene to remain in 1% of the population, given the natural selection pressures
against it.
So if schizophrenia has a genetic basis, but we can’t find that link and it can’t be passed down through many generations, then how is this possible? Take Jani’s family for example.
So if schizophrenia has a genetic basis, but we can’t find that link and it can’t be passed down through many generations, then how is this possible? Take Jani’s family for example.
Jani is known as the world’s youngest Schizophrenic. Though people can be born with schizophrenia, they are more likely to be diagnosed around their 20s. Well unfortunately for Jani, she was diagnosed at the age of seven. She would have delusions and hallucinations of cats, dogs, rats and even kids. At the age of nine, her parents believed that it would be difficult for Jani and her brother to live together at the time, they decided to get two-one bedroom apartments across from each other in the same area. They thought it had worked so well that they decided to move back into one apartment. Overall, it seemed as a roller-coaster or to put it this way; every time they took two steps forward, they wound up taking one step back. They would have their good days and their bad days. And now Bodhi (Jani’s little brother), who was diagnosed with Autism, is going through the same slope as Jani was, even she believes that he has schizophrenia.
This brings us back to my question; now, research also
says that schizophrenia can also be developed environmentally, so what do you
think, does Bodhi show schizophrenic symptoms? Did he inherit the gene?
Didn't the book say that males are more likely to develop it before females. Would you consider Jani the exception? it makes me wonder all the research that they have done and then to find an exception or a flaw.
ReplyDeleteI found jani and bodhi's story very interesting. I actually wrote about jani's friend rachelle with paranoid schizo in my blog. As for an answer to your question I think Bodhi's inheritance towards schizo can go both through gene and through environmental. I mean look at his sister jani, she was diagnosed with schizo and am 100% believe it was through gene. if this is true, than someone along the line of the jani family tree was passed down. Bodhi is more than likely to get schizo through this gene. Here is the second hypothesis, it also could be inherited environmental because look at what he grow up with. Seeing and evaluating his younger sister with schizo, Bodhi could of made the connection that the way jani acted was the norm.
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