Posted by Squiggles on May 11, 2007, at 14:24:32
In reply to Re: Bi Polar/Recurrent Unipolar and Antidepressants!!!, posted by linkadge on May 11, 2007, at 13:17:40
This gene business is good fodder for
the sceptic. It certainly doesn't *seem*
like mental illness is genetic, and it has
such a multitude of thoughts, reflections,
actions, intentions, ideas, memories, sensations,
perceptions, etc. in consciousness, that it is
hard to believe that *1* solitary gene can
be responsible for mental illness.But, I think that there are two possible fallacies
in this way of thinking: one, that there are other conditions of the body and brain which own their origin to a single gene, and two, we haven't really proven what one gene is capable of in its "mental map" manifestation.In searching on this subject, i found a really neat article here:
"Gene Linkage and Bipolar Disorder/Manic Depression by Debbie Wang.
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/biology/b103/f01/web2/wang.html
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