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In reply to the discussion: Sandy Hook mass murderer Adam Lanza, 20, 'deeply disturbed kid' [View all]kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)60. Schizophrenia is a physical brain disease. There is a genetic component - children of
the affected have at least double the normal chance of developing the disease. They also suspect in utero neurologic damage (there is some speculation about exposure to Toxoplasma gondii).
What they DO know is that it it NOT caused by emotional trauma of any kind. Parental abuse does not make a person schizophrenic. Again, it's multiple personality disorder that was supposedly brought about by trauma from abuse - but now they have decided that MPD is fake. I tend to concur. The three faces of Eve story and the Sybil story were proven to be faked.
I'm sort of an expert. My mom was schizophrenic and we had a whole lot of nonsense to deal with from her for most of her life.
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The question now is "Who was his doctor, what did the doctor know, and what meds was he on?"
FarCenter
Dec 2012
#7
I would be curious why his mother thought it necessary to have an assault weapon in the house
still_one
Dec 2012
#16
"Schizophernia" literally means "broken soul or heart". Very close to the cause, imo
Cetacea
Dec 2012
#28
Schizophrenia has nothing to do with "deep sadness". It has nothing to do with
kestrel91316
Dec 2012
#61
My sister is in fine mental health. My mom had it and she's dead, prematurely
kestrel91316
Dec 2012
#73
Thank you, Kestrel. This person strikes me as someone who knows NOTHING about SchizoPhrenia
Ecumenist
Dec 2012
#71
The schizo in schizophrenia means "split", and it refers to the split from reality that they have.
kestrel91316
Dec 2012
#74
People, no matter how poor their parenting skills, can not make a child schizophrenic.
kestrel91316
Dec 2012
#64
Schizophrenia is a physical brain disease. There is a genetic component - children of
kestrel91316
Dec 2012
#60
CETACEA. with all due respect, it's not biochemical. It's ORGANIC It can actually be seen on
Ecumenist
Dec 2012
#72
If the report is accurate he was on some type of psychiatric medication
former-republican
Dec 2012
#20
It seems that violence can be a side effect or a result of withdrawal when the patient goes off meds
FarCenter
Dec 2012
#22
With alimony at $250+ K / year, I'd bet that Adam was in some kind of treatment
FarCenter
Dec 2012
#8
Earlier on TV, a neighbor said that they'd never seen the son at the house in Stamford
FarCenter
Dec 2012
#23
“She said she would often go target shooting with her kids,” landscaper Dan Holmes said
underpants
Dec 2012
#51
Lots of people like guns. I knew a surfing Grandmother with a hip replacement.
vaberella
Dec 2012
#31
And yet his fucking stupid mother kept 5 guns, one an assault rifle, in the house.
kysrsoze
Dec 2012
#12
The mentally ill are no more violent than any other group. Why deprive them of guns?
Cetacea
Dec 2012
#42
Asperger's OR a personality disorder?? The press seems to believe they do not owe the public
Jefferson23
Dec 2012
#34
“She said she would often go target shooting with her kids,” landscaper Dan Holmes said
underpants
Dec 2012
#52
$240K alimony per year? My God. That kid ought to have been getting the best care in the world.
reformist2
Dec 2012
#45
"who friends and officials said suffered from Asperger’s syndrome or a personality disorder,"
KamaAina
Dec 2012
#69
The reporting has been beyond pathetic, worse than their usual for the MSM.
Jefferson23
Dec 2012
#70