I invite you to read my other postings in this thread and respond to me in your leisure.
It's clear we have a fundamental difference of opinion, and I think a productive discussion could be had between us despite that. I have a very open mind and I'd welcome any knowledge or understanding you wish to convey to me. You can consider me a strong-minded, stubborn but otherwise good faith skeptic.
I apologize in advance if I come off as hostile or otherwise distasteful in this interaction, that is not my intention. This is a subject that I have great passion for, and I truly believe that greed has warped our understanding of care as a society. I especially invite you to look up Soteria Houses (a minimal/no medication way of successfully treating schizophrenia) and the various results of the implementations worldwide before responding.
And to respond directly to your posting:
Can you explain why this thalamus abnormality is associated with schizophrenia? What is the reasoning? Who is to say that such an abnormality has nothing to do with the schizophrenia, but is instead an inherited, but benign condition? Where is the damage/disease? Is the thalamus thought to be central in the cause of schizophrenia?
For example, I have such a rare condition, but with my optic nerve/cup-to-disc ratio. My father has the same condition - we present like we have glaucoma, but it is completely and absolutely benign.
It's clear we have a fundamental difference of opinion, and I think a productive discussion could be had between us despite that. I have a very open mind and I'd welcome any knowledge or understanding you wish to convey to me. You can consider me a strong-minded, stubborn but otherwise good faith skeptic.
I apologize in advance if I come off as hostile or otherwise distasteful in this interaction, that is not my intention. This is a subject that I have great passion for, and I truly believe that greed has warped our understanding of care as a society. I especially invite you to look up Soteria Houses (a minimal/no medication way of successfully treating schizophrenia) and the various results of the implementations worldwide before responding.
And to respond directly to your posting:
Can you explain why this thalamus abnormality is associated with schizophrenia? What is the reasoning? Who is to say that such an abnormality has nothing to do with the schizophrenia, but is instead an inherited, but benign condition? Where is the damage/disease? Is the thalamus thought to be central in the cause of schizophrenia?
For example, I have such a rare condition, but with my optic nerve/cup-to-disc ratio. My father has the same condition - we present like we have glaucoma, but it is completely and absolutely benign.