PSYCH 127A Chapter Notes - Chapter 13.6: Breech Birth, Forceps In Childbirth, Umbilical Cord
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People with schizophrenia are more likely to have been exposed to various problems during their mother"s pregnancy and to have suffered birth injuries. Extended labor, breech delivery, forceps delivery, umbilical cord wrapped around baby"s neck. Impair circulation or reduce availability of oxygen to developing brain regions. May produce neurodevelopmental abnormalities that result in schizophrenia regardless of family history of the disorder. Genetic predisposure may increase susceptibility to brain injury following certain kinds of complications. Severe malnutrition during early months of pregnancy --> increased risk for offspring. Prenatal nutritional deficiencies may disrupt normal development of the fetal nervous system. People who develop schizophrenia are more likely to have been born during winter --> mothers more likely to develop viral infections --> interfere with brain development. Number of brain regions are involved in schizophrenia. Many different regions of the brain affected and the ways they connect or communicate with each other.
