Schizophrenia is a puzzling disorder for medical professionals. It’s a mental illness that can be treated but nobody really knows what causes it in the first place, posing a challenge from a preventative standpoint. Nobody knows what signs to look for early on that reliably predict the development of the disorder, but a new study suggests a rather unlikely link.
The research, which was conducted by a team at the University of Western Australia, reveals that individuals born blind or who become blind very shortly after birth may actually be protected from schizophrenia as well as other mental disorders. The only problem? Scientists have no idea why.
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Wild new study suggests blindness may protect against mental illness originally appeared on BGR.com on Fri, 15 Feb 2019 at 13:46:43 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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