Psychiatric disorders in the families of schizotypal subjects

In a study of the families of 21 schizotypal patients, we found an increased morbidity risk for schizophrenia compared with that in the families of 21 nonschizotypal patients and 42 controls. The Axis I diagnoses did not influence the distribution of the morbidity risk in the families of the schizot...

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Published in:Schizophrenia bulletin 1991, Vol.17 (4), p.659-668
Main Authors: BATTAGLIA, M, GASPERINI, M, SCIUTO, G, SCHERILLO, P, DIAFERIA, G, BELLODI, L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Anxiety Disorders - diagnosis
Anxiety Disorders - genetics
Anxiety Disorders - psychology
Biological and medical sciences
Female
Human
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Mental Disorders
Outpatient
Personality Disorders - diagnosis
Personality Disorders - genetics
Personality Disorders - psychology
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Risk Factors
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia - diagnosis
Schizophrenia - genetics
Schizophrenic Psychology
Schizotypal Personality Disorder
Schizotypal Personality Disorder - diagnosis
Schizotypal Personality Disorder - genetics
Schizotypal Personality Disorder - psychology
Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
Sociocultural environment
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Summary:In a study of the families of 21 schizotypal patients, we found an increased morbidity risk for schizophrenia compared with that in the families of 21 nonschizotypal patients and 42 controls. The Axis I diagnoses did not influence the distribution of the morbidity risk in the families of the schizotypal patients. If the schizotypal subjects also had other personality disorders, the morbidity risk for schizophrenia among their relatives was lower, although not significantly.
ISSN:0586-7614
1745-1701
DOI:10.1093/schbul/17.4.659