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Schizophrenic or blind but not both

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

F.Z. Chamsi ,
I. Katir ,
A. Korchi ,
S. Belbachir  and
A. Ouanass
F.Z. Chamsi*
Affiliation:
Psychiatric hospital Ar-razi, Psychiatry, Salé, Morocco
I. Katir
Affiliation:
Ar-razi University Psychiatric Hospital of Salé, Salé, Morocco, Psychiatry, Salé, Morocco
A. Korchi
Affiliation:
Hôpital psychiatrique ARRAZI de Salé, Psychiatrie, Salé, Morocco
S. Belbachir
Affiliation:
hopital arrazi de sale, Psychiatire, sale, Morocco
A. Ouanass
Affiliation:
hopital arrazi de sale, Psychiatire, sale, Morocco
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Although visual impairment appears to be a risk factor for schizophrenia, early blindness may be protective. It’s a phenomenon that has puzzled even the smartest scientific brains for decades. It might surprise you: no person born blind has ever been diagnosed with schizophrenia.

Objectives

The aim of this research is to discover the relationship between schizophrenia and congenital blindness and whether there is a protective gene and whether visual perception is an essential stage in the onset of diseases itself.

Methods

It’s a case study of a family consisting of 13 brothers and sisters, three of whom were blind at birth, three with schizophrenia. We proceeded with a study of the medical files of all the schizophrenic patients and also ophthalmological exams for all the family members.

Results

Preliminary observational analysis of this clinical case suggests the following hypothesis: the presumed protective role of congenital blindness against schizophrenia. Moreover, the ophthalmological exams showed no visual impairment in schizophrenic patients. The bibliographic research has objectified more than three recent studies in this direction.

Conclusions

The relationship between schizophrenia and congenital blindness is still unrecognized and controversial. Several studies are done in this neurodevelopmental field but so far there has been no assertion nor confirmation of the suggested hypothesis. More research is needed.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Keywords

blindnesscongenitalschizophrénia
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European Psychiatry , Volume 65 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 30th European Congress of Psychiatry , June 2022 , pp. S793
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