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Why do so many mental illnesses overlap? A concept called the “p factor” attempts to explain why psychiatric disorders cannot be clearly separated
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- Title
- Why Do So Many Mental Illnesses Overlap?
- Authors
- Ingrid Wickelgren
- Word count
- 2700 words
Mirror, for those hit by the paywall:
https://archive.is/0uesC
Again with the exemplary?
Yeah. :/ @Deimos, can you remove the Exemplary from my comment please? Whoever did it, I appreciate the sentiment, but Exemplary shouldn't be used for something as minor as providing a mirror link.
So, this is a bit tangent, but this, especially the art, reminded me of something I remember but am unsure the accuracy of...
It's something about a way to screen users of psychadelics to determine if they are more likely to have a bad trip. Something about a rotating mask on a stick.
Edit:
An older article about the early study of psychadelics and mental disorders. Including one woman who was initially diagnosed schizophrenic and later manic depressive. This reminded me that the thing I vaguely recall had something to do with these early experiments and/or the apread throughout the hippy community in the 60s.
Not to derail actual scientific discussion here, but I have always had a pretty good sixth sense about who would enjoy psychedelics and who wouldn't.
People like me don't enjoy them. People like my brother do. I think a lot of it relates to how much control you need in your life. If you're always trying to control your mood, your environment, your circumstances, then you probably won't enjoy these drugs. If you're a go-with-the-flow person who doesn't get worked up very easily, you have a better chance of enjoying the experience.
I think you can tell a lot about a person by their drug of choice. Probably even more by which drugs they don't like.
Woah, that sounds really cool. How would I learn more about this?
Sadly I don't remember any more than that. If my neurons kick into gear more and I remember, I'll update the post.
Many good things are correlated, and so are many bad things. In this case, many genes seem to have small effects that aren't specific to any disease: