Schizophrenia is one of the most mysterious mental disorders. It not only affects the mental health of a person, but decrease the life expectancy by 12-15 years. This disorder was first time named “Dementia Precox (premature dementia)” by Emil Kraepelin.  Later Eugen Bleuler renamed it “Schizophrenia”. It is a common disorder with population prevalence of about 1%. The onset is earlier in males than females. Symptoms typically emerge in adolescence and early adulthood but childhood onset may occur. Causes:  There are no specific causes of this disorder, but there are some precipitating or associated factors. These are: (1) Fetal life stresses like hypoxia, maternal infection, maternal stress during pregnancy and maternal malnutrition. (2) Some studies have shown that children who as adults will be diagnosed with schizophrenia have, as compared to their peers, a higher incidence of non- specific emotional and behavior disturbances, psycopathological changes and intellectual and language alterations. (3) Environmental factors include urbanization and migration. Living in an urban environment has been associated read more [...]