Couples share psychiatric disorders across nations and generations
Study finds couples share psychiatric disorders across nations and generations.
Why it matters
- Spousal correlations impact prevalence and genetic studies of psychiatric disorders.
By the numbers
- Five million spousal pairs in Taiwan.
- Compared with Denmark (571,534 pairs) and Sweden (707,263 pairs).
- Generational changes studied in Taiwan for people born after the 1930s.
The big picture
- Consistent correlations across nations and generations.
- Important for population dynamics of psychiatric disorders.
What they're saying
- Comments question causation: reinforcement vs. attraction.
- Observations on empathy among sufferers.
Caveats
- Limited data availability.
What’s next
- Further research on causation and cultural differences.