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A lot of these people, I would wager the majority , had bad childhoods. Resulting from vicious cycles caused (in part) by poverty. I would also wager in a fair

A lot of these people, I would wager the majority , had bad childhoods. Resulting from vicious cycles caused (in part) by poverty. I would also wager in a fairer parallel universe where this wasn't the case, a good number of these people wouldn't have grown up to be as mentally ill as they are.

jnbiche 7y ago
Schizophrenia -- responsible for much of the extreme behavior that librarians see -- is an organic disease that affects both the rich and poor at equal rates. It has nothing to do with how you were raised. It's true that wealthy families can afford much better care for their schizophrenic family members, but poverty certainly does not cause schizophrenia. Otherwise, I strongly agree with you that generational poverty is a critical societal problem to be solved.
- jdietrich 7y ago
  >Schizophrenia -- responsible for much of the extreme behavior that librarians see -- is an organic disease that affects both the rich and poor at equal rates. A laundry-list of adverse life experiences associated with poverty are known to increase the risk of schizophrenia. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3181718/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3181718/
  - gameswithgo 7y ago
    correlation or causation?
    - gbear605 7y ago
      Of course that study can’t prove causation (not going to do a randomized trial on risk factors that cause schizophrenia), but they only looked at risk factors prior to onset, so that should be a good proxy.
  - jnbiche 7y ago
    That's mostly a laundry list of hypotheticals, aside from the seasonal study which had some statistically significant data indicating correlation. All the childhood environmental factors that might have some small relation to poverty were described in that section as "proposed" or "discussed". It's entirely possible that some environmental factor associated with poverty might exacerbate the genetic factors responsible for the disease, but all things considered, schizophrenia is known to be a disease that affects rich and poor alike, across the globe, across cultures.

jnbiche 7y ago

Schizophrenia -- responsible for much of the extreme behavior that librarians see -- is an organic disease that affects both the rich and poor at equal rates. It has nothing to do with how you were raised. It's true that wealthy families can afford much better care for their schizophrenic family members, but poverty certainly does not cause schizophrenia. Otherwise, I strongly agree with you that generational poverty is a critical societal problem to be solved.

jdietrich 7y ago
>Schizophrenia -- responsible for much of the extreme behavior that librarians see -- is an organic disease that affects both the rich and poor at equal rates. A laundry-list of adverse life experiences associated with poverty are known to increase the risk of schizophrenia. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3181718/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3181718/
- gameswithgo 7y ago
  correlation or causation?
  - gbear605 7y ago
    Of course that study can’t prove causation (not going to do a randomized trial on risk factors that cause schizophrenia), but they only looked at risk factors prior to onset, so that should be a good proxy.
- jnbiche 7y ago
  That's mostly a laundry list of hypotheticals, aside from the seasonal study which had some statistically significant data indicating correlation. All the childhood environmental factors that might have some small relation to poverty were described in that section as "proposed" or "discussed". It's entirely possible that some environmental factor associated with poverty might exacerbate the genetic factors responsible for the disease, but all things considered, schizophrenia is known to be a disease that affects rich and poor alike, across the globe, across cultures.