The Molecular Genetic Perspective
In medical genetics, there is a tight correlation between folks who are type 2 diabetics and those who have bipolar disorders...
It is known that the brain is one of the major organs that metabolizes glucose for energy... So it may infer that if there is an inability to appropriately metabolize glucose due to the genetic predisposition to having diabetes: type I, type II or mature onset or gestational; then it would be seem likely that that inappropriate glucose metabolism would manifest itself with the neurotransmitters thought to exacerbate psychiatric disorders, such as substance abuse, addictions, psychosis and clinical depressive disorders: bipolar and major depression...
Medically, schizophrenia is affects the actual motor functions of the brain that can been seen with a CT scan or MRI...
Since there are a majority of folks of color that have a genetic predisposition to Metabolic Syndrome: Diabetes, Obesity, Heart Disease and Hypertension, then it would seem plausible that these can manifest themselves and masquerade themselves as psychological disorders first...
I think it will take the ancient Afrikan medical wisedom to treat this problem... "You are what you eat"... Mind, body and soul... Treat the soul, and the mind, and the body will follow...
Hayle, if you do not die by your own hand, then the stressors on your body will take its toll on you and get you...
It is kinna like, "picking your own poison"...
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