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Long-suspected link between cats and schizophrenia could be real: new study
NY Post ^
| 12-8-23
| Marc Lallanilla
Posted on 12/09/2023 6:54:21 PM PST by dynachrome
New medical research suggests that owning a cat could double the risk of developing schizophrenia.
To reach that conclusion, scientists in Australia analyzed 17 studies published over the last 44 years from 11 different countries, including the US and the UK.
“Our findings support an association between cat exposure and an increased risk of broadly defined schizophrenia-related disorders,” the authors wrote in their analysis, published in the journal Schizophrenia Bulletin.
“We found that individuals exposed to cats had approximately twice the odds of developing schizophrenia,” wrote the research team from the Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research.
Schizophrenia is a complex mental illness that often runs in families, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine; Humor; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: cat; cats; felines; kitten; kittens; kittyping; litterbox; mentalillness; schizophrenia; thepetzealot; toxoplasmagondii; toxoplasmosis; vikingkitties
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To: dynachrome
LOL. So amI.
I don’t know about schizophrenic, but my cat DaisyJane is a true nutcase, Vet told me she would be when I took her in at 8 weeks old to get whatever shot she might need. “Very smart and very fierce.” And she was born on my birthday, so that a could account for “so am I”.
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posted on
12/09/2023 9:39:40 PM PST
by
Veto!
(FJB Sucks Rocks)
To: dynachrome
Typical cat lady
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posted on
12/09/2023 9:42:16 PM PST
by
minnesota_bound
(Need more money to buy everything now)
To: Poser
Or… Do schizophrenics tend to like cats? Correlation dos not mean causation.You beat me to it.
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posted on
12/09/2023 10:03:56 PM PST
by
Ol' Dan Tucker
(For 'tis the sport to have the engineer hoist with his own petard., -- Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 4)
To: dynachrome
Study the owners. Cat-xhit crazy.
To: Gnome1949
False connection. A rooster crows and the sun then rises therefore the crowing rooster CAUSES the sun to rise. The Latin term is, "Post hoc, ergo propter hoc."
A formal fallacy.
Regards,
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posted on
12/09/2023 10:50:23 PM PST
by
alexander_busek
(Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
To: Celtic Conservative
“I’ve owned cats for 25 years and I’m fine.
At least I think so...
CC”
Do the voices tell you that? 😁
To: TigersEye
“I knew cat scratch fever was bad but that’s really extreme!”
It’s why they use cat meat as an ingredient in Chinese-American food.
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posted on
12/10/2023 3:50:52 AM PST
by
equaviator
(If 60 is the new 40 then 35 must be the new 15.)
To: dynachrome
The only ailment I got from cats was Cat Scratch Fever.
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posted on
12/10/2023 3:57:36 AM PST
by
PGalt
(Past Peak Civilization?)
To: Husker24
Also anxiety disorders.
Toxoplasmosis is ignored. Should be treated in both animals and humans
To: dynachrome
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posted on
12/10/2023 4:23:43 AM PST
by
GranTorino
(Bloody Lips Save Ships.)
To: MayflowerMadam
I think it's the stare that does it:
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posted on
12/10/2023 5:02:18 AM PST
by
Baldwin77
(Be not deceived, God is not mocked)
To: dynachrome
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posted on
12/10/2023 5:18:14 AM PST
by
ZULU
(DUMP RONA ROMNEY MCDANIELS!!!)
To: martin_fierro; Slings and Arrows; Glenn; republicangel; Beaker; BADROTOFINGER; etabeta; ...
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posted on
12/10/2023 5:18:55 AM PST
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Slings and Arrows
(My music: http://hopalongginsberg.com/ | http://mewe.com/i/hopalongginsberg)
To: dynachrome
I’ve owned cats all my life and I’m fine.
-SB
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posted on
12/10/2023 5:23:30 AM PST
by
Snowybear
(a)
To: dynachrome
This sounds like another case of researchers looking for something to do. And is it that cats make people schizophrenic, or are schizophrenics attracted to cats?
Ah, who cares? My house cat has a calming effect on me. I’d be less sane without her.
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posted on
12/10/2023 5:23:31 AM PST
by
Leaning Right
(The steal is real.)
To: CaptainK
Keep them outside and there is no litter box to clean, and fewer rats around the farm.
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posted on
12/10/2023 5:27:46 AM PST
by
piasa
(Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
To: dynachrome
...broadly defined schizophrenia-related disorders...Hmmmm, that's an interestingly broad category.
Wonder if this is really about cats and toxo...
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posted on
12/10/2023 5:36:25 AM PST
by
mewzilla
(Never give up; never surrender!)
To: hellinahandcart
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posted on
12/10/2023 5:36:43 AM PST
by
sauropod
(The obedient always think of themselves as virtuous rather than cowardly.)
To: mewzilla
I wonder if CoupFlu vaxxes are causing an increase in...ahem...
...broadly defined schizophrenia-related disorders...
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posted on
12/10/2023 5:37:56 AM PST
by
mewzilla
(Never give up; never surrender!)
To: dynachrome
I wonder if they ruled out pot use in their study group...
Was driving down a road in town here in Florida the other day and the stink from all the pot being smoked was quite noticeable. And no, it wasn’t a dead skunk... skunk smells better.
Going into stores these days, it is hard to avoid the stench since they carry it with them in the clothes.
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posted on
12/10/2023 5:38:06 AM PST
by
piasa
(Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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