5D schizophrenia and the two hit hypothesis Flashcards

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the two hit hypothesis

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proposes that the onset of schizophrenia arises from “two hits”. the first hit is a genetic factor that results in a long term central nervous system vulnerability to the effects of a second, environmental hit, that then brings on the symptoms of schizophrenia

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