These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: A family study of schizophrenic and normal control probands: implications for the spectrum concept of schizophrenia.
    Author: Baron M, Gruen R, Rainer JD, Kane J, Asnis L, Lord S.
    Journal: Am J Psychiatry; 1985 Apr; 142(4):447-55. PubMed ID: 3976917.
    Abstract:
    Morbidity risks for mental illness were determined in 750 first-degree relatives of chronic schizophrenic and normal control probands. Psychiatric disorders that were more frequent in relatives of schizophrenic probands than in relatives of normal control probands were chronic schizophrenia (5.8% versus 0.6%), schizotypal personality disorder (definite, 14.6% versus 2.1%; probable, 12.1% versus 6.5%), and paranoid personality disorder (7.3% versus 2.3%). The data suggest that schizotypal and paranoid personality disorders are genetically related to schizophrenia. The implications for schizophrenia research are discussed.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]