Article
Clustering of Schizotypal Features in Unaffected First-Degree Relatives of Schizophrenia Patients.
Schizophrenia bulletin - 15 Oct 2018
Lui Simon S Y, Hung Karen S Y, Wang Yi, Ho Karen K Y, Yeung Hera K H, Wang Ya, Huang Jia, Gooding Diane C, Cheung Eric F C, Chan Raymond C K
Abstract excerpt
Meehl conceptualized schizotypy as the phenotypic manifestations of a neural integrative defect resulting from a schizophrenia diathesis. The majority of schizotypy studies recruited subjects from the general population and revealed a multidimensional construct. This 2-phase investigation first examined the clustering of schizotypy in 194 unaffected relatives of schizophrenia patients using the Chapman Psychosis...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Cognitive Dysfunction
- Family
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Schizophrenia
- Schizotypal Personality Disorder
- Young Adult