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Family‐size and birth‐order in obsessional neurosis
Author(s) -
Snowdon J.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1979.tb00271.x
Subject(s) - neurosis , birth order , psychology , psychiatry , pediatrics , clinical psychology , medicine , population , environmental health
Family size and birth‐order of 156 British‐born patients diagnosed as having obsessive‐compulsive neurosis were determined from case‐notes; these were compared with matched controls. Separate consideration was given to male and female patients. Mean family size of obsessionals was found to be smaller than that of controls. An excess of first‐born was found among male obsessional patients.