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Gunnar_Zarncke comments on Open Thread, January 11-17, 2016 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Gunnar_Zarncke 14 January 2016 09:38:33PM 1 point [-]

SSC describes a related affect and also mentions parkinsons in SCHIZOPHRENIA: NO SMOKING GUN (recent).

Comment author: Clarity 15 January 2016 09:17:33AM 0 points [-]

Thanks for that. What a blog! My personal experiences with psychosis bias me towards theories that play up suggestibility as a key feature in psychotic disorders. I’d favour an alternative hypothesis that the marketing of cigarettes (e.g. presence in movies, positioning as a bad and cool vice) encourages sz’s to take up smoking, then addiction and receptor biases maintain the habit.