Psychology is largely irreproducible pseudoscience, but the last I checked into it schizophrenia (multiple personality disorder) was ONLY caused by sexual abuse/trauma - typically as a child.
They've identified a gene in the immune system that's strongly correlated with schizophrenia. It seems that if you get an infection that crosses the blood brain barrier, like Lyme disease or toxoplasmosis from cat litter, you can get an over reaction for those who are susceptible.
I also know that trauma, meth, marijuana and related drugs such as Vivance can trigger an episode.
The immune system connection was a breakthrough discovery, and it does lead to potential treatments involving antibiotics and anti-inflammatory drugs, but they make too much money off of psyche med.s to make this standard practice.
toxoplasmosis is fucking weird all on its own, something like half the world has it. Makes chicks more promiscuous and slightly raises males testosterone. hmm
It's a weird one for sure. When I was diagnosed with autoimmune issues it was one of the things my doctor tested me for. I was negative but she said she thinks the numbers are either exaggerated or could be just high by including places like India and Africa.
Psychology is largely irreproducible pseudoscience, but the last I checked into it schizophrenia (multiple personality disorder) was ONLY caused by sexual abuse/trauma - typically as a child.
They've identified a gene in the immune system that's strongly correlated with schizophrenia. It seems that if you get an infection that crosses the blood brain barrier, like Lyme disease or toxoplasmosis from cat litter, you can get an over reaction for those who are susceptible.
I also know that trauma, meth, marijuana and related drugs such as Vivance can trigger an episode.
The immune system connection was a breakthrough discovery, and it does lead to potential treatments involving antibiotics and anti-inflammatory drugs, but they make too much money off of psyche med.s to make this standard practice.
toxoplasmosis is fucking weird all on its own, something like half the world has it. Makes chicks more promiscuous and slightly raises males testosterone. hmm
It's a weird one for sure. When I was diagnosed with autoimmune issues it was one of the things my doctor tested me for. I was negative but she said she thinks the numbers are either exaggerated or could be just high by including places like India and Africa.