... expected to if they had been bought up in their own homes: 11 per cent, as opposed to 0 per cent of the controls (Smith, 1993). To sum up, in Heston's study 67 per cent of the adopted-away children of schizophrenic mothers were not normal, compared with 18 per cent of the controls, proving the importance of genetic factors (Smith, 1993 ... , rather that these abnormalities are at least in part genetic, since genes regulate biological processes including brain function. Other evidence linking the genetic and the bio-chemical explanations involves an eye tracking dysfunction, a genetic tra...

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... and second toes than do unaffected people (Hata 17-18). These anomalies are believed to be "an indirect index for early prenatal central nervous system maldevelopment" (Hata 17). One study in particular divided schizophrenic patients into an early-onset group (occurring before 18 years of age) and a late-onset group and found that the early-onset group displayed a significantly ... higher number of minor physical anomalies, suggesting that neurodevelopmental damage is much larger in this group (Hata 21). Another study used magnetic resonance imaging to investigate cerebral volume in pa...

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... of the "accelerated gentrification of our major cities," while the families in the remaining units are being charged more rent, forcing many into the streets. He indicates the results of a study published by the Massachusetts Medical Society, that mental illness only accounts for 12% of the illnesses among the homeless, excluding alcohol and drug abuse. He believes that mental illness in ... ...

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