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How childhood infections & antibiotics may increase mental illness risk - C C - Feb 23, 2019
https://www.psypost.org/2019/02/how-childhood-infections-and-antibiotics-may-increase-risks-of-mental-illness-53185
INTRO: Hospitalization for an infection might leave you at greater risk for mental illness, according to a recent study published in JAMA Psychiatry, which draws on data from youth in Denmark up to the age of 17 years. The authors also found that antibiotic use was associated with even higher risk for mental illness. This connection is thought to be, in part, because antibiotics affect bacteria in the intestinal microbiome. The study — which supports emerging theories about the functional interaction between infection, the gut microbiome and mental illness — is one of close to 50 papers published using data from the Danish Psychiatric Central Research Register since the latter half of 2018.
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