Article
Single indicator of risk for schizophrenia: probable fact or likely myth?
Schizophrenia bulletin - 1 Jan 1994
Claridge G
Abstract excerpt
The longitudinal followup strategy in high-risk research is being increasingly complemented by the use of psychosis-proneness scales to select subjects for study who might be vulnerable to schizophrenia and who show differences on laboratory measures that could act as endophenotypic markers for use in genetic investigations. Three types of experimental paradigm have been adopted, drawn from cognitive psychology,...
Topics
- Genetic Markers
- Humans
- Phenotype
- Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
- Psychometrics
- Risk Factors
- Schizophrenia
- Schizophrenic Psychology
- Schizotypal Personality Disorder