Reply #19: Schizophrenia hits men in their early 20s, women in their early 30s [View All]

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Occasionally you have people outside these age groups, but this is the tendency.

Remember Schizophrenia is disordered thinking. In its mild forms it can be as simple as 1+1=B (B is the second letter of the Alphabet). Most people would reject that logic, but in mild forms of Schizophrenia it is common (And what I mean by mild is when no medication is even being suggested let alone being prescribed). In more severe form it can be severe (See the Wikipedia comment below):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizophrenia

I go into the difference for Psychologist do a better job as determining the present mental state of a person then Psychiatrists. The main reason is Psychologists are trying to see what the person being examined can do today, while the Psychiatrists are trying to aid that person is living with the mental condition AND "curing" that mental condition. This is do to Psychologists coming out of the Business Community to see what a person can do, while Psychiatrists came out of the Medical Community and its efforts to cure such mental conditions.

Caligula appears to have almost all of the problems of a person with Schizophrenia AND had been to young to be a threat to Emperor Tiberius (Who had killed off his Father). Claudius was spared by Tiberius for he had severe birth defects that indicated to the Romans his unfitness for the Throne (Until Caligula was killed and the Imperial Guards found Claudius hiding and realized Claudius was the Uncle of Caligula and the brother of Caligula very well liked father Germanicus and thus of the right blood to claim the imperial throne).

People forget Tiberius was disliked for having killed off Germanicus and the Roman People then liked the idea of Germanicus son becoming Emperor when Germanicus himself could not (For Germanicus was dead). Thus Caligula played up to Tiberius and made sure he was in the best position to succeed Tiberius on Tiberius's death.

This support of the people was widespread and it took four years before anyone even thought of overthrowing Caligula. The chief problem with the Conspiracy that killed Caligula is he had kept the troops well paid (Something Tiberius had NOT done, so the troops had more money under Caligula then they had ever had since the early days of Augustus's rule almost 100 years before). Lets remember that the Legions were NOT under the Government, but retain the system that existed under the late Republic, i.e. each Legion was paid and organized by their "Dux" who from the time of Augustus on had been the Emperor (The actual Commander was the Unit's "Dux" lieutenant, the Emperor's "Legate". This was also true of the Praetorian Guard. The Emperor paid the troops himself out of his own money whenever he could (If the Emperor could not, then the Legate would, but out of the money of the Emperor).

Thus on the death of Caligula, the duty to pay the troops fell to his nearest male relative, Claudius. Once the troops were paid (and found that their continued pay was secure), Claudius was declared Emperor.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caligula#Assassination_and_aftermath