Low prevalence of psychoses among the hutterites, an isolated religious community

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 157, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1065-1070

  Nimgaonkar, Vishwajit L ^a   Fujiwara, Mary T ^b   Dutta, Mrinal ^b   Wood, Joel ^b   Gentry, Koren ^b   Maendel, Selma ^b   Morgan, Kenneth ^b   Eaton, Joseph ^b  

^a WPIC   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RATING SCALE;

AGE OF ONSET; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CANADA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAMILY; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MANITOBA; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033917282     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.157.7.1065     Document Type: Article

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