Article
Age at onset and outcome in schizophrenia are related to the degree of familial loading.
The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science - 1 Dec 1998
Suvisaari J M, Haukka J, Tanskanen A, Lönnqvist J K
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Recent research suggests that high familial loading is associated with early onset of schizophrenia. Results concerning outcome have been controversial. METHOD: We assessed the relationship between familial loading, age at onset and outcome in all Finnish patients with schizophrenia born between 1950 and 1969. Patients and their first-degree relatives were identified using nationwide registers....
Topics
- Adult
- Age of Onset
- Female
- Finland
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Hospitalization
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Pedigree
- Prognosis
- Registries
- Schizophrenia
- Sex Factors