Article
Personality disorders among the relatives of schizophrenia patients.
Schizophrenia bulletin - 1 Jan 1994
Maier W, Lichtermann D, Minges J, Heun R
Abstract excerpt
In light of current linkage studies in schizophrenia, research on the "schizophrenia spectrum" deserves increased attention for an exact determination of the affected phenotype: Those disorders that have a much higher prevalence among biological relatives of schizophrenia patients are supposed to share common etiological factors with "core" schizophrenia. However, there is controversy over which of the DSM-III-R...
Topics
- Adult
- Depressive Disorder
- Female
- Genetic Linkage
- Humans
- Male
- Models, Genetic
- Personality Assessment
- Personality Disorders
- Phenotype
- Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
- Psychotic Disorders
