On 6/19/07, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Except that many mental illnesses don't surface until later in life. Most > hereditary conditions surface much later and large numbers of schizophrenia > cases first become symptomatic in their twenties or thirties.
You are absolutely right. Other people survive the (relatively controlled) world of high-school and > have break-downs when they attempt to enter adult society. Is a "break down", though, the same as a clinically defined mental illness? I don't know. Still many others have age-related conditions that affect their ability to > plan, earn and live well late in life. (Not all old people end up eating > catfood... but some do.) Late in life, yes, but the day after you graduate from high school....isn't it reasonable to assume that if nothing was so debilitating that it prevented you from accomplishing that task, that you could accomplish similar tasks in the work force that require no more skill or aptitude? Lastly there are many environmental triggers for (possibly latent) mental > illness which would occur later in life: military service being an obvious > one. yes, definitely. Lotsa ways to lose it at every stage of life. I think i'm losing it :) Jim Davis > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create Web Applications With ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2. Build powerful, scalable RIAs. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJS Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:236823 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
