One may get the diseases through hereditary means whereby if one people in his or her generation suffered from the disease, another person in the same genealogy may come to be affected by the same disease. Other causes of the disease are social psychological processes (Nimh.nih.gov, 2014). This cause is linked with one’s mental functioning and his relationship in the area where he or she resides. A person is likely to suffer from Schizophrenia if he stays in an environment that is stressful and if he or she gets no or less time to interact with other people. Another cause of this mental condition is drug and substance abuse. Some of the commonly abused drugs which result to Schizophrenia include; alcohol, cannabis, cocaine and Amphetamine. In the USA, many students are known to suffer from the disease because of the many pressures they go through while in college especially as a result of the tight …show more content…
Teachers and evaluators should extend the deadline and period for assessment of schizophrenic students and also exempt them from other curricular assessments due to special consideration of their mental ability because these students may be having difficulty in education such as difficulty in concentration or sometimes developing difficulty in paying