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Cats to Cause Schizophrenia?

crys

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Don't flame me or anything I just saw this on CBS 2 Late Night news. But I can't find it on their website, so I found an off site link to it.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Cats-to-Cause-Schizophrenia-12131.shtml

It basically says, "Stanley Medical Research Institute, has found that people with schizophrenia were more likely to have had pet cats as young children, or their mothers kept the animals during their pregnancies." and "According to the researcher, schizophrenia could be caused by a parasite found in the cats’ excrements."

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Yes! :D

crys

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Quote by InfestdeadYes! :D

I don't really understnad your comment, could you please restate it?

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that's.......kinda funny ^_^

I have two cats, and love em to death. Maybe I'm a schizo because of it? lol *huggles her kitties*

I dunno....I think the theory is a little....far fetched.

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heh... even though I am much more fond of dogs this is a bit farfetched.. just because schizophrenics are more likely to have had pets doesn't prove anything about cats causing schizophrenia.. It isn't as if the disorder is caused through parasites either - since it's significantly influenced by genetic factors. :/ Maybe CBS explains it better, but it seems like the best inference that one can draw from this may be that cats somehow increase the likelihood of triggering the onset of schizophrenia.. which also sounds like it's making too much out of correlational data. Hm.

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This would explain all those crazy cat ladies...

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