Part one of term paper
, bipolar disorder Illnesses like schizophrenia bring untold misery to sufferers and their families. The suffering is magnified because of the unique stigma attached to these illnesses. Unlike other illnesses, it marks not only afflicted individuals, but also their relatives. For example the concept of the "schizophrenogenic mother" was rife ...

Part two of term paper
... hundreds of causes have been proposed. They include viruses, accidental injury before and after birth, as well as illicit substances. However, only inherited factors are generally accepted as significant causes. Evidence for such factors comes from every day experience: it is common to find families with several affected members. While such clustering'could also be due to shared non-inherited (environmental') factors,more convincing evidence has come from twin studies, as well as studies of ...