Electrodermal activation in first-episode psychotic patients and their first-degree relatives

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-39

  Iacono, William G ^a   Ficken, John W ^a   Beiser, Morton ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Genetic vulnerability; Major depression; Schizophrenia; Skin conductance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RELATIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; RISK; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0032725657     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(99)00071-2     Document Type: Article

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