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Subject: Jehovahs witnesses as paranoid schizophrenics

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Randy

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Date Posted: 05:29:50 05/06/04 Thu
In reply to: Scooter 's message, "Are Jehovahs witnesses mentally ill and prone to paranoid episodes?" on 14:27:40 05/05/04 Wed

There is definitely some sort of mental instability with a large number of JWs. An article on this.

in his Adams Versus God, Melbourne broadcaster Phillip Adams said in 1985 that, according to US studies, "Jehovah's Witnesses are more likely to be admitted to psychiatric hospitals than the general population".

"According to an article in the British Journal of Psychiatry," he said, "they are three times more likely to be diagnosed as suffering from schizophrenia and four times more likely to be paranoid schizophrenics.

"As a writer in the American journal Free Inquiry puts it: 'Either the Jehovah's Witness sect tends to attract an excess of pre-psychotic individuals who may then break down, or else being a Jehovah's Witness is itself a stress that may precipitate psychosis.

"'Possibly both of these factors operate together ...'"

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Subject	Author	Date
Re: Jehovahs witnesses as paranoid schizophrenics	Gary	15:15:24 05/29/04 Sat
JWs Attacking the Church -- Vince, 01:44:17 05/30/04 Sun