Interesting article on markers for schizophrenia

[Hopeny]

I think this is an important link of psychiatric disease to autoimmune disorder Scientists find genetic ties to schizophrenia

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/07/22/scientists-find-genetic-ties-to-schizophrenia/

[SSS]

There is also a scientific study linking the infection Toxoplasmosis to schizophrenia.

[MomWithOCDSon]

Very interesting.

 

I heard on NPR just this morning that a billionaire has donated some $650 million to MIT and Harvard so that they can conduct research on genetics and mental illness.

 

http://www.npr.org/2014/07/22/333892150/sons-mental-illness-prompts-billionaires-big-donation-to-psychiatric-research

 

Frankly, anything that moves us beyond the old saws that say "we don't know what causes it, we can't cure it, but we can medicate/control it," I am all for!