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Re:Air Pollution Linked to Increased Mental Health Outpatien... by Zenst on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @10:23PM (#27137741)
One aspect I'd add to schizophrenia is urban housing isn't as peaceful as you would think, tested this with a contact microphone and darn, those faint convo's you hear at night - well they can actually be real. Add in a roof and a housing estate back to back with tinny weeny gardens if any and you have an environment that would sure exacerbate or indeed induce symptoms that to the patient present to a doctor would be an easy tick box and pill prescription.

Heck one of my neibours has a nickname same as my surname and his other half would nag by calling his name loud at night - that really wasn't helpful for my REM phase sleeps I tell you and one mystery I'm glad that I solved.

Re:Air Pollution Linked to Increased Mental Health Outpatien... by kayodelycaon on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @10:43PM (#27137856)
> induce symptoms that to the patient present to a doctor would be an easy tick box and pill prescription

Schizophrenia is far more severe than "faint voices in the night". One of the requirements is that the symptoms cause significant impairment to normal function.

Additionally, general physicians are not qualified to diagnose or treat schizophrenia.

Mental illnesses aren't causal labels to be thrown around.