Article
Liability indicators aggregate many years before transition to illness in offspring descending from kindreds affected by schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.
Schizophrenia research - 1 Aug 2016
Paccalet Thomas, Gilbert Elsa, Berthelot Nicolas, Marquet Pierre, Jomphe Valérie, Lussier Daphné, Bouchard Roch-Hugo, Cliche Denis, Gingras Nathalie, Maziade Michel
Abstract excerpt
Objectives: Offspring born to patients with affective and non-affective psychoses display indicators of brain dysfunctions that affected parents carry. Such indicators may help understand the risk trajectory. Methods: We followed up the clinical/developmental trajectories of 84 young offspring born to affected parents descending from the Quebec kindreds affected by schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. We...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Bipolar Disorder
- Child
- Child of Impaired Parents
- Child, Preschool
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Infant
- Longitudinal Studies
- Male
- Psychotic Disorders