Childhood parental loss and schizophrenia: Evidence against pathogenic but for some pathoplastic effects

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 353-362

  Furukawa, Toshiaki ^a   Mizukawa, Rokuro ^b   Hirai, Toshiyuki ^c   Fujihara, Shigeki ^d   Kitamura, Toshinori ^c   Takahashi, Kiyohisa ^c  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^d Yamanashi Prefectural Mental Health Centre   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Pathogenesis; Pathoplasty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTAL DEPRIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; PATERNAL DEPRIVATION; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0032517872     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(98)00113-9     Document Type: Article

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