Probably, but it doesn't solve the whole issue and its usefulness would vary greatly between disorders (bipolar would probably see one of the highest benefits since it seems to have a strong genetic factor). The environment people are raised in/live in make a big difference and, especially in the case of bipolar and schizophrenic patients, people's access to high concentrations of THC. People don't want to talk about it, but I've worked in a high acuity psychiatric hospital for 3.5 years and the vast majority or schizophrenic/affective patients I've seen have either had their psychiatric problems triggered or worsened by their use of modern strains of marijuana with higher and high levels of THC. Many schizophrenic patients never showed any signs of psychosis until they got a little too high. And bipolar patients can find themselves more easily destabilized by weed, reducing the efficacy of their medications or creating a deeper psychological dependence on weed. This is especially true for people with bipolar 1 as their mania can push them to make rash, unpredictable decisions that have lasting consequences, like going off of their meds or pushing their mania to a state of a psychosis.
But im not just here to blame weed (a big part of that problem is simply the lack of proper regulations). Stress and trauma based disorders like PTSD or BPD drastically increase the odds of developing psychotic disorders as well.
And with ADHD, I haven't been able to find a study on this, but from my research I hypothesize that early child development plays a huge role the development of the disorder as neglect forces an infant brain to overdevelop its emotional centers, making for a notable difference is the physical structures of their brain. The difference can be so drastic that, based on images of infant MRI's, this over development seemingly gives less room for the prefrontal cortex and an underdeveloped prefrontal cortex is the ultimate cause of ADHD. Also, statistics suggests that WAAAAAAY more people have ADHD than what is diagnosed, which I feel strengths my hypothesis since childhood neglect is such a common problem.
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Reply to When will genetic engineering be available for psychiatric disorders? by undefined2937
Probably, but it doesn't solve the whole issue and its usefulness would vary greatly between disorders (bipolar would probably see one of the highest benefits since it seems to have a strong genetic factor). The environment people are raised in/live in make a big difference and, especially in the case of bipolar and schizophrenic patients, people's access to high concentrations of THC. People don't want to talk about it, but I've worked in a high acuity psychiatric hospital for 3.5 years and the vast majority or schizophrenic/affective patients I've seen have either had their psychiatric problems triggered or worsened by their use of modern strains of marijuana with higher and high levels of THC. Many schizophrenic patients never showed any signs of psychosis until they got a little too high. And bipolar patients can find themselves more easily destabilized by weed, reducing the efficacy of their medications or creating a deeper psychological dependence on weed. This is especially true for people with bipolar 1 as their mania can push them to make rash, unpredictable decisions that have lasting consequences, like going off of their meds or pushing their mania to a state of a psychosis.
But im not just here to blame weed (a big part of that problem is simply the lack of proper regulations). Stress and trauma based disorders like PTSD or BPD drastically increase the odds of developing psychotic disorders as well.
And with ADHD, I haven't been able to find a study on this, but from my research I hypothesize that early child development plays a huge role the development of the disorder as neglect forces an infant brain to overdevelop its emotional centers, making for a notable difference is the physical structures of their brain. The difference can be so drastic that, based on images of infant MRI's, this over development seemingly gives less room for the prefrontal cortex and an underdeveloped prefrontal cortex is the ultimate cause of ADHD. Also, statistics suggests that WAAAAAAY more people have ADHD than what is diagnosed, which I feel strengths my hypothesis since childhood neglect is such a common problem.