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Owning a cat won't make you mentally ill, study says
Fox News ^ | 22 Feb 2017 | Fox News

Posted on 02/22/2017 9:41:16 AM PST by fruser1

Owning a cat won't make you mentally ill, study says

Although you may hold suspicions about your neighbor who feeds the local stray cats, new research has found no link between owning a feline and exhibiting psychotic symptoms. The University College London findings cast doubt on previous research, which suggested that people who grew up with cats are at a higher risk of mental illness.

“The message for cat owners is clear: there is no evidence that cats pose a risk to children’s mental health,” Dr. Francesca Solmi, the study’s lead author, said in a news release. “In our study, initial unadjusted analyses suggested a small link between cat ownership and psychotic symptoms at age 13, but this turned out to be due to other factors.”

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: bsc; cats; kittyping; science
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To: fruser1

“The message for cat owners is clear: there is no evidence that cats pose a risk to children’s mental health...”

Yeah. Until you’re ambushed by one of them.


21 posted on 02/22/2017 10:07:48 AM PST by WKUHilltopper (WKU 2016 Boca Raton Bowl Champions)
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To: fruser1

There’s something they spray out in their piss. It makes you slowly go insane.


22 posted on 02/22/2017 10:09:21 AM PST by DesertRhino
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To: fruser1

Pets enhance the quality of my life immensely for many, cats certainly have for me.


23 posted on 02/22/2017 10:13:21 AM PST by Names Ash Housewares
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To: fruser1

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/03/how-your-cat-is-making-you-crazy/308873/


24 posted on 02/22/2017 10:14:26 AM PST by DesertRhino
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To: NEMDF

Cats can cause computers to do down. This is photographic evidence of a cat causing a computer malfunction.

25 posted on 02/22/2017 10:15:43 AM PST by EinNYC
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To: fruser1

As a dog lover and total cat hater, I agree...

...you have to be mentally ill already to get a cat.


26 posted on 02/22/2017 10:20:19 AM PST by Magnatron
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To: Magnatron

Agree. If you are also a LIB, your situation is beyond lunacy.


27 posted on 02/22/2017 10:22:02 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation camp?)
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To: editor-surveyor

Where did they get the money to waste on this nonsense?


28 posted on 02/22/2017 10:30:50 AM PST by Parmy (II don't know how to past the images.)
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To: timestax

I’m on my third Calico, as I descend ever-deeper into insanity....


29 posted on 02/22/2017 10:50:24 AM PST by Psalm 73 ("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
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To: Quality_Not_Quantity

I love them too. I have one.


30 posted on 02/22/2017 11:01:25 AM PST by Jean2
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To: Jean2
I love them too. I have one.

I have 2 tortie-and-whites. The above computer glitcher is my Maine Coon Bijou. Then, there's the little rescue imp Zizu, using my mouse as a pillow:


31 posted on 02/22/2017 11:21:12 AM PST by EinNYC
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To: fruser1

Not a cause but a symptom? ;-P

(Uh oh - we have 2...)


32 posted on 02/22/2017 11:28:38 AM PST by MortMan (The white board is a remarkable invention. Chalk one up for creativity!)
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To: EinNYC

I love Maine Coons. My best friend had 2; Crockett and Lenny. Unfortunately, they crossed the rainbow bridge quite a while ago. I still miss them.


33 posted on 02/22/2017 11:36:24 AM PST by Jean2
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To: Parmy

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Look in your wallet.


34 posted on 02/22/2017 11:59:44 AM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: bioqubit

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Sounds like standard AMA fake news.
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35 posted on 02/22/2017 12:01:10 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: fruser1
So they say...


36 posted on 02/22/2017 12:03:00 PM PST by COBOL2Java (1 Tim 2:1-3)
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To: Fresh Wind
The psychosis is thinking that YOU own the cat.

Dogs have owners.

Cats have staff.

37 posted on 02/22/2017 12:04:04 PM PST by COBOL2Java (1 Tim 2:1-3)
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To: NEMDF

My cats drive me crazy! They expect me to open doors for them hundreds of times a day, in and out like children. They expect me to wait on them hand and foot in every way of course. They also constantly remind me that I am not taking care of them up to their standard and am much to slow in responding to their needs. I love my kitties though and I guess when they get me properly trained it will get better.


38 posted on 02/22/2017 12:11:38 PM PST by Tammy8 (Please be a regular supporter of Free Republic !)
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To: EinNYC

Oh I have a tortoise and white, she is a sweetheart almost too nice and undemanding to be a real cat. I also have a Maine Coon Tom that makes up for the tortie being so low maintenance though. The MC is in charge of everything, including the dogs. We refer to him as head of security here because he will open cupboards to check things out and patrols the house. He also plays in the water and spills it all over the floor- at least twice a day. I have another Maine Coon female that acts about half wild; not with me but if strangers come in they always look at her and ask if she is a wild cat because of they way she looks at them.


39 posted on 02/22/2017 12:21:05 PM PST by Tammy8 (Please be a regular supporter of Free Republic !)
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To: editor-surveyor

You are right. Thoughtless of me to not think of that.


40 posted on 02/22/2017 12:22:38 PM PST by Parmy (II don't know how to past the images.)
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