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Secrets of Schizophrenia and Depression "Unlocked"

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the just-a-little-less-crazy-loose-in-the-world dept.

Oracle Goddess writes "According to the US National Institute for Mental Health in Bethesda, Maryland, scientists have discovered a remarkable similarity between the genetic faults behind both schizophrenia and manic depression in a breakthrough that is expected to open the way to new treatments for two of the most common mental illnesses, affecting millions of people. Previously schizophrenia and depression were assumed to be two separate conditions, but the new research shows for the first time that both have a common genetic basis that leads people to develop one or the other of the two illnesses."

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  1. This is a very interesting finding by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    No it isn't, you moron. These people are lying. They're all lying.

  2. Re:Warning by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    You're glib. You don't know the history of psychiatry. I do.

  3. Re:Clarification by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, that would be elation.

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