Mental disorder risk factors
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Kiran Singh, M.D. [2]
Overview
Risk factors for(Mental disorder)include brain malformation,Hypoxic ischemic injury and Infections among the few listed below.
- Prenatal etiologies (e.g., sequence variations or copy number variants involving one or more genes; chromosomal disorders)
- Inborn errors of metabolism
- Brain malformations
- Maternal disease (including placental disease)
- Environmental influences (e.g., alcohol, other drugs, toxins, teratogens)
- Perinatal causes
- Neonatal encephalopathy
- Postnatal causes
- Hypoxic ischemic injury
- Traumatic brain injury,
- Infections
- Demyelinating disorders
- Seizure disorders (e.g., infantile spasms)
- Severe and chronic social deprivation
- Toxic metabolic syndromes and intoxications(e.g., lead, mercury)