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    Psychiatry Res. 1991 Dec;39(3):239-56.

    Early life precursors of psychiatric outcomes in adulthood in subjects at risk for schizophrenia or affective disorders.

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    Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY.

    Abstract

    In the New York High-Risk Project (NYHRP), 186 offspring of schizophrenic, affectively ill, and psychiatrically normal parents have been followed prospectively from 1971-72 to the average age of 27 years in 1990 with the goal of identifying early precursors of later psychopathology. In this report, we use path analyses to examine the relationship of several life-history variables to three pathological outcomes in the offspring: namely, psychosis, psychiatric hospitalization, and psychological dysfunction. The chief direct relationship with these outcomes is the effect of having a schizophrenic parent. The latter effect is also mediated indirectly by IQ.

    PMID:
    1798823
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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