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Catechol-o-methyltransferase genotype and childhood trauma may interact to impact schizotypal personality traits.
Behavior genetics - 1 May 2010
Savitz Jonathan, van der Merwe Lize, Newman Timothy K, Stein Dan J, Ramesar Raj
Abstract excerpt
We attempt to identify gene by childhood abuse interactions which predispose to the development of schizotypal traits in a familial bipolar disorder (BD) sample. Self-report measures of schizotypal personality traits (Schizotypal Personality Scale) and childhood maltreatment (Childhood Trauma Questionnaire) were administered to 222 participants from 44 families with BD. Variants of catechol-o-methyltransferase...
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