PERINATAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE OFFSPRING OF SCHIZOPHRENIC WOMEN

PERINATAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE OFFSPRING OF SCHIZOPHRENIC WOMEN

Delivery complications of schizophrenic women were compared to control groups in two studies. Although in both studies the schizophrenic women had more complications than normal controls, and more than personality disordered women in the second study, in both studies a neurotic depressive group of w...

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Veröffentlicht in:The journal of nervous and mental disease 1973-09, Vol.157 (3), p.191-199
Hauptverfasser: SAMEROFF, ARNOLD J, ZAX, MELVIN
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adult
Birth Injuries - etiology
Depression - complications
Disease Susceptibility
Electroencephalography
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Obstetric Labor Complications - etiology
Personality Disorders - complications
Pregnancy
Schizophrenia - complications
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Zusammenfassung:Delivery complications of schizophrenic women were compared to control groups in two studies. Although in both studies the schizophrenic women had more complications than normal controls, and more than personality disordered women in the second study, in both studies a neurotic depressive group of women had a comparable number. In both studies chronicity of mental disorder was more strongly related to number of delivery complications than any particular psychiatric diagnosis.
ISSN:0022-3018
1539-736X
DOI:10.1097/00005053-197309000-00004