no person who was born blind has ever been diagnosed with schizophrenia
no deep reason for sharing this, other than i stumbled across it randomly on twitter tonight & found it very, very interesting.
It was something Tom Pollak had heard whispers about—an odd factoid, referred to now and again, usually with bewilderment: No person who was born blind has ever been diagnosed with schizophrenia.
Over the past 60-some years, scientists around the world have been writing about this mystery. They've analyzed past studies, combed the wards of psychiatric hospitals, and looked through agencies that treat blind people, trying to find a case.
rest of the article here...
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/939qbz/people-born-blind-are-mysteriously-protected-from-schizophrenia?utm_campaign=sharebutton share