Psychiatrist/neuroscientist. SUNY Distinguished Prof. Editor-in-Chief, Molecular Psychiatry/Translational Psychiatry; Publisher, Genomic Press. Views are my own
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1/6 Today is World Mental Health Day.
BBC Mundo just interviewed Consuelo Walss-Bass about her book Why My Sister?
Schizophrenia is there.
But so is everything else: real Latin American lives: some happy, some successful, some miserable. Family always present. Religion in the background or the foreground. Long stories. No easy answers.
👉 whymysister.com/
Available now.
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Julio Licinio retweeted
Just hit #4 on Amazon Best Sellers in Genetic Disorders & Diseases.
Why My Sister? / ¿Por Qué Mi Hermana?
by Consuelo Walss-Bass, PhD (psychiatric geneticist, UTHealth Houston)
Schizophrenia is ~80% heritable. Identical twins share 100% of their genes; yet concordance is under 50%.
Same genes. Same childhood. Same kitchen table.
Five siblings. Only one (her sister Paty) developed schizophrenia.
A raw three-generation family memoir (Mexico ↔ U.S.) woven with clear science on genetics, epigenetics, trauma, brain organoids, and why genes are not destiny.
Featured in BBC Mundo, El País, and more. Endorsed by leaders in the field.
English Kindle: amazon.com/dp/B0H6Q4QGL8
Español Kindle: amazon.com/dp/B0H44159SR
(Print also available.)
👉 whymysister.com/
#Schizophrenia #MentalHealth #Genetics #WhyMySister
Julio Licinio retweeted
🧵 1/8 El mismo fondo genético. La misma casa.
¿Por qué mi hermana tiene esquizofrenia y yo no?
Consuelo Walss-Bass lleva 20 años buscando la respuesta. Su libro se lee mucho en España.
Domingo 18, 20:00 (hora peninsular): El Respeto con @PabloFuente
👉 amazon.es/dp/B0H44159SR
Julio Licinio retweeted
🧵 1/6 La misma carga genética. El mismo hogar. La misma infancia. ¿Por qué mi hermana tiene esquizofrenia y yo no?
Esa pregunta impulsó más de 20 años de investigación de la científica mexicana Consuelo Walss-Bass. Su libro ¿Por Qué Mi Hermana? está resonando en grandes diarios de Argentina, Paraguay, Ecuador y Guatemala.
Julio Licinio retweeted
🧵 1/ Schizophrenia took Consuelo’s mother and sister. It spared the other four children.
Same parents. Same childhood. Same chaos.
Psychiatric geneticist @whymysister has spent 20+ years asking why. She and @licinio discussed it with @DavidPuder on the Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast.
👉 whymysister.com/
1/6 🧵 Heute ist Welttag der psychischen Gesundheit.
BBC Mundo hat gerade Consuelo Walss-Bass zu ihrem Buch Why My Sister? interviewt.
Schizophrenie ist da.
Aber auch alles andere: echte lateinamerikanische Leben – manche glücklich, manche erfolgreich, manche elend. Die Familie ist immer da. Religion im Hintergrund oder im Vordergrund. Lange Geschichten. Keine einfachen Antworten.
👉 warummeineschwester.com/
Jetzt erhältlich.
5/6 BBC Mundo machte es zu einem seiner meistgelesenen Beiträge dieser Woche.
Das Buch erschien in sechs Sprachen.
Ein neuer weltweiter Gesprächspunkt zu psychischer Gesundheit.
Teil Memoiren.
Teil Wissenschaft.
Alles gelebte Erfahrung, ohne Ausschmückung.
6/6 Heute, am Welttag der psychischen Gesundheit:
Wenn du echte lateinamerikanische Leben lesen willst – mit Familie, Religion, Migration, Erfolg, Elend und allem, was sich nicht in eine Diagnose pressen lässt.
BBC-News-Mundo-Interview: bbc.com/mundo/articles/c977p…
👉 warummeineschwester.com/
5/6 BBC Mundo made it one of its most-read pieces this week.
The book came out in six languages.
A new world-talking point on mental health.
Part memoir.
Part science.
All lived experience, without embellishment.
6/6 Today, on World Mental Health Day:
If you want to read real Latin American lives with family, religion, migration, success, misery, and everything that doesn’t fit inside a diagnosis.
BBC News Mundo interview: bbc.com/mundo/articles/c977p…
👉 whymysister.com/
“You’re wrong. Your sister does not have schizophrenia. I would know.”
The illness had already taken his wife. He could not lose Paty too.
Five children. The same genes. The same house. Only one fell ill.
World Mental Health Day asks us to hear the people who lived it.
Why My Sister? — Consuelo Walss-Bass
The book: whymysister.com
«Ti sbagli. Tua sorella non ha la schizofrenia. Lo saprei.»
La malattia gli aveva già portato via la moglie. Non poteva perdere anche Paty.
Cinque figli. Gli stessi geni. La stessa casa. Una sola si è ammalata.
Giornata mondiale della salute mentale.
Il tema di quest’anno: ascoltare chi l’ha vissuta.
Perché mia sorella? — Consuelo Walss-Bass
Il libro: perchemiasorella.com
« Tu te trompes. Ta sœur n’a pas de schizophrénie. Je le saurais. »
La maladie lui avait déjà pris sa femme. Il ne pouvait pas perdre aussi Paty.
Cinq enfants. Les mêmes gènes. La même maison. Une seule est tombée malade.
Journée mondiale de la santé mentale.
Le thème de cette année : écouter ceux qui l’ont vécu.
Mais pourquoi ma sœur ? — Consuelo Walss-Bass.
Le livre : pourquoimasoeur.com
