Pandering to mental illness never ends well.
from a thread earlier today:
Adults at risk for mental health disorders drawn to city living, study finds
Posted on 10/27/2021, 11:54:00 AM by Oldeconomybuyer
People genetically predisposed to mental health disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and anorexia nervosa prefer to live in urban areas as adults, a study published Wednesday by JAMA Psychiatry found.
Those with higher genetic risk for these disorders were 5% to 10% more likely to “preferentially move” from rural to urban areas as adults, the data showed.
This means that people with more genetic mutations who increase their risk for mental health problems are drawn to urban environments, which is significant, given that city-living long has been associated with increased risk for schizophrenia, the researchers said.
“This study adds to the evidence against the simplistic nature versus nurture dichotomy, showing that genes and environment are intercorrelated,” study co-author Dr. Evangelos Vassos told UPI.
“It shows that genetic predisposition to a variety of mental health conditions ... is associated with where people live,” said Vassos, a consultant psychiatrist at King’s College London.
Research published in 2017 found that adolescents raised in urban neighborhoods were nearly 70% more likely to have psychotic experiences, such as those associated with schizophrenia, compared with those who grew up in more rural areas.