Posted by baseball55 on February 14, 2018, at 17:41:31
In reply to IQ and mental problems, posted by Christ_empowered on February 13, 2018, at 15:36:30
How many people actually take IQ tests and have known IQ scores? It is not a test that is done in schools. Therefore, I would imagine that the IQ tests may well be administered after a person is in the mental health system. If so, correlation vs causation issues would make any conclusion pretty much worthless.
I know when I was in the state hospital system as a teen, I took an IQ test as part of the whole screening. It was the only time I ever took an IQ test and I don't imagine that has changed much in the US.
> what's the current understanding of the relationship between IQlevel and mental (ill)health?
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> I did a quick search, and i got everything from "Higher IQ protects people from psychosis" to "High IQ is associated with a higer risk of 'pure Bipolar I' ," so...yeah. Kinda curious.
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> does it vary by diagnosis, maybe? higher IQ results in lower risk of Schizophrenia, higher Bipolar I?
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> OK. Thanks.
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