Re:Intelligent people more at risk of mental illness
by alasdair_ on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @02:29PM
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People with high IQ scores tend to earn more than people with low IQ scores. People with more money in general, have more money to visit psychiatrists to get a diagnosis. I didn't find anything in the paper to control for this issue.
Also, the whole study is based on a survey of American Mensa members which are not exactly a randomly selected group of high-IQ people - Mensa is notorious for its surprising lack of doctors, elite lawyers, quants and other "successful" high-IQ groups. Perhaps the issue is that people with high IQ scores that DON'T have the material success that their IQ would suggest are more likely to have a mental illness of some kind.
Re:Intelligent people more at risk of mental illness
by blimey74 on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @04:08PM
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I agree, I think mental illness afflicts people irrespective of their IQ. Perhaps people who seek out intelligence tests are experiencing delusions of grandeur?
Also, the whole study is based on a survey of American Mensa members which are not exactly a randomly selected group of high-IQ people - Mensa is notorious for its surprising lack of doctors, elite lawyers, quants and other "successful" high-IQ groups. Perhaps the issue is that people with high IQ scores that DON'T have the material success that their IQ would suggest are more likely to have a mental illness of some kind.