Re:Rage Disorder Linked with Toxoplasmosis (2016)
by nerpderp83 on Monday October 02, 2017 @01:00PM
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Are you saying people with mental illness seek comfort via pets (cats). Shouldn't we see an affinity for other social pets besides cats?
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Re:Rage Disorder Linked with Toxoplasmosis (2016)
by shubb on Monday October 02, 2017 @03:20PM
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You could probably answer this question using this resource [1].
However, someone used it to show no associations between psychotic episodes (specifically) AFTER controlling for other factors (that are associated with cat ownership)[2].
Using the adjustments they made, I could wildly speculate that possibly dog owners will be less likely than cat owners to have mental illness, because dogs require a certain amount of wealth, living space, etc - and the lack of these things is associated both with cat ownership and mental illness, maybe, just not in rural areas...
[1]http://www.bristol.ac.uk/alspac/researchers/access/ [2]https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychological-medici...