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Study of chronic schizophrenics with positive and negative family histories of psychosis
Author(s) -
Alda M.,
Zvolsky P.,
Dvorakova M.,
Papezova H.
Publication year - 1991
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.1600-0447.1991.tb05551.x
Subject(s) - psychosis , psychiatry , psychology , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , medicine , clinical psychology
We found no differences in clinical symptoms among chronic schizophrenics with a family history of psychosis ( n = 18) and without any affected relatives ( n = 22). The lifetime morbidity risks of psychosis in the former group were 0.59 ± 0.13 for children and 0.33 ± 0.07 for siblings.