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The lifetime risk of developing schizophrenia for a person in the general population is about 1%. for an identical twin of someone with schizophrenia, it is about ____.

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It is about 75%. Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that affects thinking, perception and behavior. Symptoms include psychosis, delusions, hallucinations and atypical motor behaviors. Several scientific studies have found the positive correlation of the disorder with various genes, which is why it is common to see in the same family several relatives with the disorder, and the probability of suffering it between twins is even greater.

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