Is the Schizophrenia an Infectious Disease?

Abstract

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".

Keywords

• schizophrenia; infectious disease; psychiatric disease