Article
Testing the stress-vulnerability hypothesis in ICD-10-diagnosed acute and transient psychotic disorders.
Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica - 1 Jul 2001
Das S K, Malhotra S, Basu D, Malhotra R
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To examine if family-history-positive (FHP) vis-à-vis family-history-negative (FHN) probands with ICD-10-diagnosed acute and transient psychotic disorders (ATPD) differ significantly with respect to number of life events and cumulative stress score prior to the onset of ATPD. METHOD: F...
Topics
- Acute Disease
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Life Change Events
- Male
- Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
- Psychological Tests
- Psychotic Disorders
- Retrospective Studies
- Stress, Psychological
