TIL: When genetic cause of Rett's found, psychiatrists stopped treating it & removed from DSM b/c something w/ known cause "not psychiatric"
@FunkerBrain @Jonathan_Blow Cf. autism. High heritability, check. Physical symptoms, check. Ends up w/ psych because no one else wants it.
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@slatestarcodex@Jonathan_Blow Fair comparison. Was actually unaware autism had overt phys. symptoms. Seems very difficult to treat either. -
@FunkerBrain@slatestarcodex Gastric issues and repetitive hand movements are pretty common to both, for starters, to point of x-diagnosis.
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