Posted on 10/27/2021 11:54:00 AM PDT 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.
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I hadn’t noticed .
“Mental health disorders” = low character.
“ People genetically predisposed to mental health disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and anorexia nervosa prefer to live in urban areas as adults…”
And they prefer to vote libtard and either live off the government or get a freeloading job from a libtard in government 🤪
Probably why most red-states are mostly rural - less crazies.
It could mean city living, especially large overcrowded cities, causes mental health problems.
They blend in there.
No Shiite Sherlock.
I could have told anyone that.
first time I ever saw someone crossing the street talking loudly to some invisible person it was in a big city.
My mother told me that is because crazy people live there.
Today I see a lot more people walking around talking to invisible people, but they are also looking at the shiny thing in their hand instead of where they are going. I always wonder if they are crazy too.
That explains a lot, actually.
That explains a lot, actually.
Why do you think urban areas vote Democrat. Theeeere NUTS!
It’s easier to be a schizophrenic in a big city.Having worked in a big city ER I’ve interacted with more schizophrenics than I care to remember.
DUH! I have been to a School Board meeting and there are plenty of them posted online for the world to see
Crazies in the sticks no longer. Sure makes the whole deplorable meme a crock.
...mental health disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and anorexia nervosa...
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Aside from drug addiction and alcoholism, that probably descibes most homeless people in any big city/urban area.
Green Acres knew this 6 decades ago,
I was pretty much going to make this reply. *spits tobacco juice into a coffee can 10 feet away* Score!
A convenient label
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