TWIN CONCORDANCE FOR CONGENITAL AND ADULT-ONSET PSYCHOSIS - A PRELIMINARY-STUDY OF THE VALIDITY OF A NOVEL CLASSIFICATION OF SCHIZOPHRENIA

被引:8
作者
CORRIGALL, RJ
MURRAY, RM
机构
[1] KINGS COLL HOSP & INST PSYCHIAT,DEPT PSYCHOL MED,LONDON SE5 8AF,ENGLAND
[2] MAUDSLEY HOSP & INST PSYCHIAT,LONDON,ENGLAND
关键词
SCHIZOPHRENIA; PSYCHOTIC DISORDER; CLASSIFICATION; TWIN;
D O I
10.1111/j.1600-0447.1994.tb01502.x
中图分类号
R749 [精神病学];
学科分类号
100205 ;
摘要
As a test of the hypothesis that the psychoses can be divided into congenital and adult-onset forms, we applied operational criteria for these two disorders to the case summaries of 24 monozygotic and 33 dizygotic schizophrenic twin pairs. Our results indicate that the reliability and validity of this novel classification are comparable with the best of the existing systems and support further investigation of the hypothesis.
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页码:142 / 145
页数:4
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