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>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.

• gameswithgo 8y ago
  correlation or causation?
  • gbear605 8y 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 8y 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.