Psychosocial factors in the neurobiology of schizophrenia: A selective review

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 402-407

  Lim, Caroline ^a   Chong, Siow Ann ^a   Keefe, Richard S E ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Singapore)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood abuse; Expressed emotions; Life events; Migration minority status; Prenatal stress; Psychosis; Urbanicity

Indexed keywords

CHILD ABUSE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTION; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROBIOLOGY; PRENATAL STRESS; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; URBAN AREA;

EID: 67049108717     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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