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Schizophrenia is a complex mental illness that affects millions of people in Europe.
The scientists involved have been homing in on a gene, which codes for an important brain receptor. Researchers think that if you have the bad luck to possess this variant in combination with several other susceptibility genes, as yet unknown, schizophrenia becomes almost inevitable. S chizophrenia is a serious mental illness. Although the disease usually first affects young adults, three-quarters of them continue to experience symptoms throughout their lives and need constant treatment. This means distress for the schizophrenic and their family and places a huge burden on health care resources.