Based on the writings of Sigmund Freud, during the 20th century, many professionals were taught that schizophrenia was caused by:
a. biological factors
b. inadequate maternal nurturing
c. both environmental and biological factors
d. stresses of urban life
B
Psychoanalytic theory portrayed schizophrenia as arising out of inadequate maternal nurturance in early infancy. According to Freud, the child does not develop normally because of ineffective mothering.
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