It seems like every few years there is a spate of news stories about the supposed risk of developing schizophrenia from having a pet cat. The bottom line is that there is no direct link, but you can’t tell a reporter that. I mentioned the issue in a blog post about a feral cat in our neighborhood last year.
The research about this often has limitations, some of which are pointed out in this web article. A Psychiatric News article published in 2017 presented a reasonable position which apparently no reporters have read.
I’m allergic to cat dander. On the other hand, some cats are important enough to be entrusted with carrying an entire galaxy around their belts, reported in the Men in Black documentary which is in large part about a cat named Orion.
Go Retire Psychiatrist 