Is schizophrenia hereditary?

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My boyfriend's father exhibits the symptoms of a severe schizophrenic, but refuses to get help and/or a formal diagnosis- so we cannot be positive. Regardless, my boyfriend assumed that his father was "this way" [as he puts it] because he watched his own mother die in a terrible car crash when he was young. So, my boyfriend assumed it was from the traumatic experience as a child.

My boyfriend has three brothers and grew up in a tough living situation with their dad and their mom turning a blind eye to all of it. However, my boyfriend's youngest brother (age 16) has become increasingly violent as of late. His brother goes to an alternative school because of some sort of cognitive disability that they will not tell me/perhaps was diagnosed [it's not really my business so I never asked]. His brother has always been very kind, at least to me. But my boyfriend says that his youngest brother is becoming extremely paranoid about everything around him and talking to himself while remaining alone at the kitchen table. My boyfriend is also alarmed because he sees that his father is spending time with the youngest brother and believes that he is not helping him resolve any emotional issues he may be going through.

My boyfriend has always flip-flopped on the idea of having children some day, and one day I asked him why and he said that he was afraid his child would "have what his father has" or that my boyfriend himself would "get what his father has" because, apparently, his father has only been this severe in the past 5 years.

I know it can happen no matter what, of course. But I was curious to know if schizophrenia is hereditary, especially if the parents of the child don't have it, but the grandparent? Since his father refuses to get any professional help, we can't have anything documented for a formal diagnosis to use if we ever wanted to research family medical history to have children.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

There is a LOT of 'doubt ' about this or any mental illness being hereditary.  It is all theory, unproven and speculation.
The MAIN cause of schizophrenia is STILL thought to be early childhood emotional environment and some wounded parent cannot parent like they should toward children so it can be passed down the unstable emotional environment of the children,.
So, your BF is right about his unresolved childhood traumas, AND there is a LOT he can do to heal that , it does not take forever.   There is NOW a method that will heal old/new traumas once and for all, the only one that will do that, remembered or not.    eftmasters.com are the pros and his family would do well to invest in this for the whole family.  
It would help everyone trememdously and has a proven record of doing so.
here it is healing ptsd in soldiers, stressproject.org
So the lack of emotional stability, closeness nurturing, self nurturing, and fear of things is creating a lot if not all of this.
Only when those things are healed will you know if it is more than that and it has never been proven .
So, I encourage you to take a step bacvk and see if they will go for the healing method I just gaveyou to heal their old pain, and heal the rest, or if they won't help themselves for healing .
I would not marry into the family unless or until they do the work.
That method does not take that long. They can write to the practioners and talk to them about it. I would think I twould give them all a great sense of relief to know that they can healthier pain .
the statistical chances of anyone getting schizo are very LOW , less than .01% in the family, without healing,
This is being handed down through lack of parenting and love skills along with fear.

? · Answer

Schizophrenia as of now, cant be said.
its luck.
chances are there if 1  of tha parents are a carrier.
chances are high of a guy or gurl being schizo if both tha parents were.
genes play but not yet established....
If you are ready to support a guy with tha disability , no1 stopping you.
Better to choose tha best gene pool and get tha best offspring.
but emotions are strongly of humans.medications for mental health exist.But must be resorted to , only as final measures.They have very strong potential devastating sideeffects.
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Lila · Answer

yes, there is research that indicates schizophrenia is most likely genetically inherited

Anonymous · Answer

no doubt schizophrenia is hereditary.

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