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Is mental illness genetic

2021-06-06 10:42:48
Respected doctors I read in one article that mental illness are genetic but even one has mental illness we cannot known is that true
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Almost all the mental illnesses run in families but having a mental illness doesn't make you prone to it.Having no history of mental illnesses doesn't make you immune aswell.Any one is susceptible to it

Answered2021-06-06 11:31:16

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There are some mental illnesses which run in the family but majority are not. It does not mean that anybody with genes for a mental illness will get affected.

Answered2021-06-06 11:03:22

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