Season of Birth in High and Low Genetic Risk Schizophrenics
| Autor: | Eric Shur |
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| Rok vydání: | 1982 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Wales Season of birth Retrospective cohort study Damage factor medicine.disease Quarter (United States coin) 030227 psychiatry 03 medical and health sciences Psychiatry and Mental health 0302 clinical medicine England Schizophrenia medicine Humans Case note Seasons 030212 general & internal medicine Genetic risk Family history Psychiatry Psychology Retrospective Studies |
| Zdroj: | British Journal of Psychiatry. 140:410-415 |
| ISSN: | 1472-1465 0007-1250 |
| DOI: | 10.1192/bjp.140.4.410 |
| Popis: | SummaryHypotheses which have been proposed to account for the unusual seasonal birth pattern observed in schizophrenic populations are discussed. These competing hypotheses were tested by retrospectively studying season of birth in 975 schizophrenics divided according to family history of psychiatric illness. Information was obtained from case notes, item sheets, and questionnaires sent to general practitioners. The results were inconclusive, but there was a trend for high genetic risk cases to be born less often in the first quarter of the year. Although no clear support could be provided for one or other season of birth hypothesis, it is tentatively suggested that a seasonal constitutional damage factor may be responsible for the excess of births described in schizophrenic populations in the early months of the year. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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