schizophrenia

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Across
  1. 1. Genetics, brain chemistry and environmental factors contribute to the _______ of schizophrenia
  2. 3. loss of contact with reality and affect a person’s perceptions, thinking, feelings and behavior.
  3. 4. ________is one of the many complications people with schizophrenia have to deal with.
  4. 6. schizophrenia can cause problems with _________.
  5. 7. is it curable?
  6. 10. in ten ______ Individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia will attempt suicide.
  7. 11. hallucinations, delusions and disorganized speech and behavior is the ________ of schizophrenia
  8. 13. what is the most common cause of suicide for people suffering from schizophrenia?
  9. 14. ___________is a chronic brain disorder that affects social behavior and failure to understand what is real and unreal, to think clearly and function normally.
  10. 18. People with schizophrenia have shown subtle differences in the structure of their brains.
  11. 20. tend to run in families
Down
  1. 2. what is the primary medication for people dealing with schizophrenia?
  2. 5. ____________ is the chemicals that carry messages between the brain cell of people with schizophrenia
  3. 8. Worldwide and in Canada, it affects ______ of the population
  4. 9. and glutamate problems with certain naturally occurring chemicals, including neurotransmitters called _______ and ________, may contribute to schizophrenia.
  5. 12. in ten ______ will die from suicide due to having schizophrenia.
  6. 15. only 15% returning to previous functioning conditions. Women patients are more likely than men to maintain improvement of symptoms.
  7. 16. people with schizophrenia often struggles with basic _________.
  8. 17. function
  9. 19. Men and women are affected with _______ frequency