Compare And Contrast The Biological And Environmental Aspect Of Mental Illnesses

Main idea two is about the biology and environmental aspect of mental illnesses. The questions that go along with main idea two are role of genetics, role of environment, risk factors associated with the onset of mental illnesses, and profile of those having a mental illness who commit violent crimes. First things first is that people with mental illness are not “crazy” like people think and say. Mental illness has a lot of factors to it. One is the genetics of the person. For example say there was a woman and she is sychophraic and this woman meets a man, who is not schizophrenic. They addeventally have children, three to be exact. Does that mean all three of them will be schizophrenic? No, but very rary yes. Their offspring would have a 10 percent chance of getting schizophrenia, which is low, but still a possibility. …show more content…
The HAOA gene is the most violent gene you can get. A very large amount of America people have that gene in their DNA. Which does not makes them all psychopaths. For the HAOA gene to really come in play, as a child they would need to have been exposed to something really detrimental before they hit puberty. Then if that happens, it is a very high chance they will be a psychopath. Which also plays a role in their environment. As a child if a psychopath was exposed to an honorable incident, abuse, loss of a parent, or anything in that general area, it plays a big role on them. Not saying if all this happens to a person they’re going to be killing everyone they see or being a crazy person, but it is a possibility. We can not assume who is going to be a psychopath. It's almost impossible to tell until they