Social risk or genetic liability for psychosis? A study of children born in Sweden and reared by adoptive parents

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 167, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1240-1246

  Wicks, Susanne ^a   Hjern, Anders ^b   Dalman, Christina ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b CENTRE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAZARD RATIO; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SWEDEN; UNEMPLOYMENT; ADULT; CHILD REARING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD REARING; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; POPULATION GROUPS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE-PARENT FAMILY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957960391     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2010.09010114     Document Type: Article

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