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Adolescent social functioning in offspring at high risk for schizophrenia spectrum disorders in the Finnish Adoptive Family Study of Schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia research - 1 Jan 2020
Tikkanen Ville, Siira Virva, Wahlberg Karl-Erik, Hakko Helinä, Läksy Kristian, Roisko Riikka, Niemelä Mika, Räsänen Sami
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BACKGROUND: Children and adolescents with a genetic risk for schizophrenia are often found to have poorer social functioning compared to their controls. However, less is known about high-risk offspring who have not been reared by a biological parent with schizophrenia. The purpose of this study was to examine deficits in social functioning in adolescence as a possible factor related to genetic vulnerability to...
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