Schizophrenia (was: Good at Math(s)

[Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., blpurdom at y... wrote:
> 
> I don't know how much credence to give this, but I once read an 
> article that proposed that schizophrenia can be triggered in 
> susceptible candidates by the mother having a baby less than 18 
> months after a previous baby (it is the earlier baby that somehow 
> develops the schizophrenia).  Something about the first baby not 
> being ready to separate from the mother at that point, while she 
> has to go off and care for the new baby.  

I've never heard that, altho' I have read articles claiming that 
schizophrenia can be triggered in susceptible candidates by 
economic downturns. 

> Don't know if the older baby has to be first in the family or not. 
> If not, this would presumably make Ron a candidate to develop 
> schizophrenia...

Only if he's susceptible to it. The only causes of 
susceptibility to schizophrenia that I remember off-hand 
are 1) hereditary, and 2) if the mother had the flu during second 
trimester of pregnancy.