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Unwanted pregnancy as a risk factor for offspring schizophrenia-spectrum and affective disorders in adulthood: a prospective high-risk study.
Psychological medicine - 1 Jun 2009
McNeil T F, Schubert E W, Cantor-Graae E, Brossner M, Schubert P, Henriksson K M
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BACKGROUND: This study investigated whether 'unwanted pregnancy' (i.e. a negative or ambivalent attitude towards the pregnancy/reproduction) is associated with schizophrenia-spectrum and affective disorders in the offspring in adulthood, and if so, whether other pregnancy, perinatal, childhood or genetic-risk factors account for this association. METHOD: In a prospective study beginning during pregnancy, unwanted...
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