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...
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...