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RE: Adoption Studies of Schizophrenia/Studies of Abandoned Children
Schizophrenia is a terrible illness. I personally know someone who has it and it has devastated her life.
Schizophrenia is a terrible illness. I personally know someone who has it and it has devastated her life.
I am sorry to hear that. However, if you have watched Part 1 in my series, you will know that there are no objective laboratory tests to distinguish a 'normal' individual from an individual with schizophrenia. Thus, the belief that schizophrenia is an 'illness' is just not supported by the evidence. This does not mean, however, that people don't have disturbing experiences such as hallucinations, delusions, etc. But it is not valid or useful to label such people 'schizophrenic'.