It's a compelling narrative - especially for social conservatives - but ironically it's without much basis in reality. Schizophrenia rates have declined signif

It's a compelling narrative - especially for social conservatives - but ironically it's without much basis in reality. Schizophrenia rates have declined significantly over the past century, and have been stable over the past 20 years. If anything, the data better supports the opposite story - that as societies develop more sophisticated ways of altering conscious experience, people are less likely to be schizophrenic. But more soberly, I'd say there's probably no link at all, and that both narratives just reflect a misunderstanding of the pathology of schizophrenia. https://www.mentalhealth.com/mag1/scz/sb-time.html https://www.mentalhealth.com/mag1/scz/sb-time.html https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Time-trends-in-GP-recorded-diagnosis-of-schizophrenia-bipolar-disorder-and-other_fig1_259355167 https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Time-trends-in-GP-record...