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The Fallacy of the 50% Concordance Rate for Schizophrenia in Identical Twins
by
Jonathan Leo
A Review of The Gene Illusion: Genetic Research in Psychiatry and Psychology Under the Microscope by Jay Joseph. 2003, PCCS Books, Ross-on-Wye.
The next time you see an announcement in the paper about the discovery of a gene for emotional distress you will be a little more skeptical. The problem for the psychiatry profession is that Josephs readers will likely take his debunking of the 50% concordance rate one step further and question the entire scientific basis for biological psychiatry.
The Fallacy of The 50% Concordance Rate for Schizophrenia in Identical Twins by Jonathan Leo
The recent research on minocycline as a treatment leans toward viral infection. Also, one twin may be immune to the virus, the other not. Makes more sense than "the mother was mean to the child". Fevered brain means inflamed neural pathways.