Is the Schizophrenia an Infectious Disease?

Extract   Schizophrenia is a common psychiatric disease. Old theory that introduced Schizophrenia as a social disease and outcome of improper role of parents to some extant has changed. Some researchers believed that it is an infection disease. This preposition on Schizophrenia as a brain infection...

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Main Author: Jafarpour
Format: Article
Language:fas
Published: Iran University of Medical Sciences 1988-04-01
Series:نشریه پرستاری ایران
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Online Access:http://ijn.iums.ac.ir/article-1-1082-en.html
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Summary:Extract   Schizophrenia is a common psychiatric disease. Old theory that introduced Schizophrenia as a social disease and outcome of improper role of parents to some extant has changed. Some researchers believed that it is an infection disease. This preposition on Schizophrenia as a brain infection first introduced by Sigmund Freud-The father of psychiatric analysis-. Many of his students had different perspective. Recently scientists realized that special Viruses are absorb to the brain tissues. Dr E.F. Torrey Clinical Psychiatric in St Elizabeth Washington says: "Theses Viruses remain latent 10- 20 years in brain tissues".
ISSN:2008-5931