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Does talking to people on the internet count?
It's important that inner monologues are considered normal, and they are not always controllable. People sometimes read about voices, but they are not true auditory hallucinations, but they still panic, and the doctors call these pseudo hallucinations, and psychiatry will often mistakenly treat these and create stigma. Haloperidol or something might be a good idea if they are disturbing.
FWIW I think it is 50% , not 46%.
Generally research shows smoking cannabis doubles the chances in lesser selected population but if there is hereditary pattern then I don't know. Not looked into data sets deep enough yet. I think type of cannabis is very important aswell, as they have many different effects on your mind. Ones that effect your memory more and cause more paranoia are more dangerous I feel.
A problem with early intervention is stigma, and reinforcement. Many personality disorders may exhibit psychotic symptoms. Some psychiatrists may read it as schizophrenia.
It is a critical period anyway, if he is going to become schizophrenic from now until about 21 will be more likely. Although I have seen people get it later on, but sometimes there is mis diagnoisis because they don't think about physical **** like nor-adrenaline, and then the meds and stigma is really disastrous.
As said social support is key, my personal view is there is a 50% vulnerability if there is hereditary pattern, the other 50% is about social interactions. It is important to consider what thought structures are developing in relation to reward path way and dopamine. It is too complex though to find rules, but you can easily find that if there is abuse, schizphrenia like or actual, symptoms are very likely going to occur with and without hereditary pattern.
I would make sure that team based sports are within his routines, and hand/eye co-ordination practices are within his routines, and reward:cost is kind of flat. People with schizophrenia can appear totally fine for long periods of time provided their environments , interactions and activities are comfortable. Learning about stress (management) is probably more beneficial than learning about schizophrenia.
Early intervention is clearly massive in future quality of life, but there are stigmatic effects to remember. Schizophrenic symptoms may manifest psychologically IMO.