Is there any functional explanation forSz/Sza, and by that I mean does this illness serve any useful function like hypomania can. Is there an evolutionary reason? Obviously the brain is working in different ways than normal. Thoughts?
Most likely the evolutionary benefits are indirect from having certain genes that have some advantage but also give a risk of schizophrenia, and are passed down not through the schizophrenics themselves necessarily, but through their relatives who share some genes
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Sz is caused by certain mutations in the genetic code, and sadly not all mutations are beneficial.
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They don’t call Schizophrenia, Cancer of the Mind for nothing.