Talk:Eduard Einstein
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Did Eduard Einstein write or leave anything behind? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 172.162.26.246 (talk • contribs • WHOIS) on 3 June 2005.
[edit] Schizophrenia
Eduard Einstien is among the more celebrated cases of schizophrenia in history. This is perhaps all the more interesting given speculation about the possibility that his famous father exhibited signs of Asperger's syndrome, and that Asperger's syndrome is believed to commonly be mistaken for schizophrenia. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.180.46.40 (talk • contribs • WHOIS) on 12 September 2005.
[edit] Asperger's
I am restoring the reference to Asperger's. Simply Google the keywords Einstein and Asperger's and you will find ample evidence. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.16.30.178 (talk • contribs • WHOIS) on 28 October 2005.
For example: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2988647.stm
And another mentioning the misdiagnosis of Asperger's as Schizophrenia: http://www.schizophrenia.com/diag.html
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.180.51.7 (talk • contribs • WHOIS) on 6 January 2006.
- The schizophrenia link above says that AS “may be [mis]diagnosed as schizophrenia in children” (in the given example by a psychiatrist unfamiliar with AS). It does not say that AS and schizophrenia have a common cause or are linked by genetic disposition. It certainly does not justify the statement in the preceding section of this talk page that “Asperger's syndrome is believed to commonly be mistaken for schizophrenia.” The statement in the current version of the article that AS “is sometimes confused with schizophrenia” is at best irrelevant: It would be relevant only if the contention were that Eduard had AS, and his schizophrenia was a misdiagnosis.
- Moreover, the statement in the current version, “Albert Einstein … is suspected of having Asperger’s Syndrome,” rather overstates the facts. More accurate would be, “Some people have speculated that Albert Einstein was a slow learner or had Asperger’s syndrome or dyslexia, but this is a minority opinion.” --teb728 08:18, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
