Can excellent school performance be a precursor of schizophrenia? A 28- year follow-up in the Northern Finland 1966 birth cohort

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-26

  Isohanni, I ^a   Jarvelin M R ^b,c   Jones, P ^d   Jokelainen, J ^b   Isohanni, M ^b  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Creativity; Genes; Giftedness; Schizophrenia; School performance

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CREATIVITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0032989311     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1999.tb10909.x     Document Type: Article

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