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Evidence for a familial correlation between increased reactivity to stress and positive psychotic symptoms
11 May 2010
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: This study tested the hypothesis that stress-reactivity may represent an intermediary phenotype underlying positive psychotic symptoms. It was examined whether: (i) stress-reactivity clusters within families of psychotic patients and (ii) stress-reactivity in relatives cosegregates with positive symptoms in patients. METHOD: The sample consisted of 40 patients and 47 siblings of these patients. The...
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