[mtdewcmu]

It's doubtful that schizophrenia is all nurture, but it seems conceivable that coercive circumstances could aggravate a case of schizophrenia, taking a subclinical case and making it floridly symptomatic. Coercion could possibly tip the scales into psychosis.

[Mz]

From what I gather, it is not unusual for schizophrenics to be hospitalized, get better, be sent home to their effed up family and promptly get worse again.

My life experience strongly biases me towards believing that how it gets handled absolutely makes a difference ("it" = any mental health issue).

[harryjo]

It's also not unusual for schizophrenics to be hospitalized, get worse, get over-medicated and locked up.