Schizotypal disorder: at the crossroads of genetics and nosology.

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0447.1996.tb09865.x

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Schizotypal disorder: at the crossroads of genetics and nosology.

Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica - 1 Nov 1996

Battaglia M, Torgersen S

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The aim of this paper is to review the available evidence in support of the correctness of including the DSM-III/III-R schizotypal personality disorder (SPD) in the schizophrenia spectrum, to discuss the components that may account for the familial segregation of SPD, and to consider the implicat...

Topics

Humans
Phenotype
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenic Psychology
Schizotypal Personality Disorder
Twin Studies as Topic
Twins, Dizygotic
Twins, Monozygotic

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