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Study Links Malnourishment, Schizophrenia

By John M. Grohol, PsyD
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Study Links Malnourishment, Schizophrenia

A study of a famine in China more than 40 years ago found that children born to severely malnourished women are more likely to develop schizophrenia.

The research bolsters the evidence that environmental factors can trigger the devastating mental illness.

Compared with children …

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