Is there psychopathology in the coparents of schizophrenic adoptees' half-siblings?

Psychological Reports

Volumn 79, Issue 3 PART II, 1996, Pages 1296-1298

  Ingraham, Loring J ^a,b   Chan, Tina F ^a  

^a National Institute of Mental Health

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHILD; DENMARK; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SIBLING RELATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADOPTION; ADULT; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SIBLING RELATIONS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0030346572     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1996.79.3f.1296     Document Type: Article

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