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The studies of high iq and correlation to mental illness all seem to be pretty bad (like, "let's survey a bunch of mensa members"), whereas the studies of corre
by bjoli 8y ago
The studies of high iq and correlation to mental illness all seem to be pretty bad (like, "let's survey a bunch of mensa members"), whereas the studies of correlation of childhood IQ and later mental illness are generally better studies. One of the better examples is https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/lower-childhood-iq-associated-with-higher-risk-of-adult-mental-disorders/ https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/lower-child...
The better studies of high IQ and mental illness seems to only show a slightly higher occurrence of bipolar disorders.