Are lefties more prone to mental illness?

Being left-handed has been linked to many mental disorders, but Yale researcher Jadon Webb and his colleagues have found that among those with mental illnesses, people with psychotic disorders like schizophrenia are much more likely to be left-handed than those with mood disorders like depression or bipolar syndrome. read more

For lefties, these functions are reversed. This leads to a condition called 'brain asymmetry' which is one of the prime causes of mental health problems. The Schizophrenic Gene. Not all left handers will be schizophrenic because brain asymmetry is just one of the causes of mental disorders; it is not the only one. read more