Perinatal Insult as a Risk Factor in Paranoid and Nonparanoid Schizophrenia
- 1 January 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Psychopathology
- Vol. 20 (5-6) , 285-287
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000284512
Abstract
The medical histories of 30 paranoid schizophrenics were compared to those of 60 patients with nonparanoid schizophrenia. History of perinatal distress was more common in patients with chronic nonparanoid schizophrenia (p < 0.005). A significant trend was noted for perinatal distress to be more common among cases with no family history of psychiatric illness (p < 0.05). It is suggested that perinatal distress may be an organic risk factor for chronic nonparanoid schizophrenia and that this risk is independent of the genetic risk for this disease.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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- CEREBRAL VENTRICULAR SIZE AND COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT IN CHRONIC SCHIZOPHRENIAPublished by Elsevier ,1976