Mysterious link between having a cat and schizophrenia is real says study.

[Cycleops]

What do you think? Any of you cat owners think you may develop this disorder?

https://www.sciencealert.com/myster...ing-cats-and-schizophrenia-is-real-study-says

 

[wiggydiggy]

I have at least one relative that I think this will apply to lol

 

[Slick]

It would certainly explain why I spent most of my life hating cats only now to being owned by 3 of the gentlest black cats you could imagine.

I was probably infected by a bite and have been taken over by at least 1 of them, but which one?

 

[All uphill]

Correlation is not causation.

Sloppy journalism as ever.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

I've got to say, as a cat lover I'm in two minds about this.

 

[Cycleops]

Top comment @ClichéGuevara .

 

[fossyant]

I'm done for - what happens if you have four cats ?

 

[Speicher]

I'm done for - what happens if you have four cats ?

That is where you are going wrong! Four cats have you.

 

[Cycleops]

I'm done for - what happens if you have four cats ?

A trick cyclist could write a thesis on you.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I'm done for - what happens if you have four cats ?

You get sent to your quarters

 

[raleighnut]

I'm done for - what happens if you have four cats ?

Four, try having 6 of them.

 

[cyberknight]

I will talk to myselves and get back to you when we have decided .

 

[Once a Wheeler]

Even if it is true, one needs to look at this kind of research very carefully. Nowhere does it say what the general risk of developing schizophrenia actually is. So if the risk is one in 100, doubling that risk still makes your risk one in 50 which is about the same as dying from a drug overdose. How many people do you know who have died from drug overdoses? Browsers beware!

 

[Drago]

I went through a phase of being u able to say no to a homeless cat and had 4 girl cats. Age and attrition have taken their toll and I only have two left, Lois Griffin and Mrs Tibbles.

Perhaps the cats aren't the cause, but people with the illness tend to life lifestyles more likely to include cats?

 

[further]

How many people do you know who have died from drug overdoses?

About 6