Is early adulthood a critical developmental stage for psychosis proneness? A survey of delusional ideation in normal subjects

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 247-254

  Verdoux, H ^a   Van Os, J ^b   Maurice Tison, S ^a   Gay, B ^a   Salamon, R ^a   Bourgeois, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age; Brain maturational process; Normal subjects; Psychosis proneness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN MATURATION; DELUSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELIRIUM, DEMENTIA, AMNESTIC, COGNITIVE DISORDERS; DELUSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER;

EID: 0032498515     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(97)00095-9     Document Type: Article

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