… It has been proposed that cat ownership during childhood may be a risk-modifying factor
associated with an increased risk of subsequently developing schizophrenia and related …

… Cat-transmitted infections, especially … the later development of schizophrenia. We conducted
a case-control study to examine childhood cat ownership in 78 patients with schizophrenia (…

… By using a more granular proxy for parasitic exposure, our study brings a new perspective
on previously mixed associations between cat ownership and psychosis-related phenotypes. …

… pet dog and a household pet cat in infancy and childhood in relation to a diagnosis of
schizophrenia or … Our most robust findings were those related to household pet dog exposure. Cox …

… and childhood cat ownership were associated with an increased risk of developing psychotic
… literature that has studied cat ownership in people with schizophrenia (Torrey & Yolken, …

… pet cat ownership controlling for child age, poverty, and parental depression, pet cat ownership
… cohort study of 627 children in the US showed that prenatal exposure to pet dogs, but not …

… childhood cat scratches and bites to an increased risk for depression, and childhood cat
ownership to increased risk of schizophrenia, … that childhood cat bites, but not ownership, related …

… surveys about cat ownership disseminated to members of the National Alliance for the
Mentally Ill (NAMI), which surveyed people with schizophrenia exposed to cats during childhood. …

… development in relation to pet ownership at an early age. In this study, associations between
cat and dog ownership at six months and infant development … maternal mental illness based …

… gondii alters host’s behavior [19], and the oocytes seem to be a risk factor for developing
schizophrenia [20]. Thus, cat ownership in childhood may be related to later schizophrenia risk […