Schizophrenia - the other focus

[Guest guest]

Interesting that other groups are looking at schizophrenia too at the moment -

but as usual the focus of interest is on the cause and not on the cure. Thank

God for Ayurveda.

 

Jane

 

 

Infected with Insanity: Could Microbes Cause Mental Illness?

 

from Scientific American

 

Schizophrenia is a devastating illness. One percent of the world's

population suffers from its symptoms of hallucinations, psychosis and

impaired cognitive ability. The disease destroys relationships and renders

many of its sufferers unable to hold down a job.

 

What could cause such frightening damage to the brain? According to a

growing body of research, the culprit is surprising: the flu. If you are

skeptical, you are not alone. Being condemned to a lifetime of harsh

antipsychotic drugs seems a far cry from a runny nose and fever. And yet

studies have repeatedly linked schizophrenia to prenatal infections with

influenza virus and other microbes ...

 

.... Doctors have known for many years that microbes such as syphilis and

Streptococcus can, if left untreated, lead to serious psychiatric problems.

Now a growing number of scientists are proposing that microbes are to blame

for several mental illnesses once thought to have neurological or

psychological defects at their roots.

 

To read more: http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=infected-with-insanity

 

Or: http://snipurl.com/24s2x